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Has anyone here seen the show 30 days? It is done by the guy that did the documentary Super Size Me. Basically they take a person and put them in a situation opposite of what they know for 30 days. For example they sent a guy who is anti-gay and homophobic and a Christian Conservative to live with a gay guy in the Castro for 30 days. It is pretty interesting.
Anyway, the first episode of the show the guy that created it Morgan Spurlock and his girlfriend try to live on minimum wage for 30 days. They get jobs, get a crappy apartment and try to scrape buy. Both of them ended up getting hurt during that time and had to go to the ER and both times it was around $1200 each. They had just started the jobs so they didn't have health insurance yet (90 day probation period). When it was over they were both shocked that anyone could live on that wage these days.
Many will argue that minimum wage jobs are meant for kids in school and older people looking for a part time job, but with the current economy I bet there are a lot of people out there who would jump at a minimum wage job.
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