Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
give me a break...
each show was like that... absolute bullshit, staged every step of the way and constructed to make a political statement.
|
Ok, so your opinion is that it's fake because you just dont believe it. Thats cool, everyone has an opinion
I found the minimum wage show to be absolutely believable and accurate. It doesnt take a scientist to know that $5.25 an hour, for 40 hours, does not give you a large savings to have 2 emergency room visits within 30 days and not have a severe impact on your finances. Point was made easily. One emergency room visit was $500 for the uninsured. And thats just walking in the door money.
And he used his niece and nephew to illustrate that a typical family with kids has it even tougher. As you might remember, he only spent like $10 on them at one store, and his wife gave him hell for it because their finances were so tight. That happens all the time in real life dont you think?
What were they supposed to film? Should he have gone to a local tv station with his resume and gotten a high paying consultant job for 30 days? What would that have shown about the countries typical minimum wage earner? *that* would have been staged IMHO