re: #214 Spocomptonite

I’m going to assume that, if you ever were poor, it was in a comfortable, inexpensive region.
But wouldn’t you know it? minimum wage in the country is a lot different than minimum wage in the city. It doesn’t even have to be minimum wage. Have you ever heard of the problems facing school teachers in rich districts like, say, Aspen, or Mercer Island? They are salaried and still have to either live in a garage that costs them half their wages in rent or live 2 or more hours away that costs them major time and money.

So, in summary, I challenge you to work part-time at a McDonalds near Pershing or Times Square and get back to me with your experiences. Let me know if it changes your mind at all.

I never said that this kind of money could get you a living of any sort in Aspen. Aspen is not a fair test case. Millionaires can’t afford to live in Aspen. It takes another zero or two.

NYC is a less extreme example of the same situation. What I’m saying is that there are large areas of the country where that wage does see a couple through.