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Old 09-09-2005, 10:36 PM   #1
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Could you survive on $7.50 and hour at 40 hours a week?

Could you?
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Old 09-09-2005, 10:37 PM   #2
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By the way, that's a WHOPPING $300 a week before taxes.
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Old 09-09-2005, 10:38 PM   #3
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Old 09-09-2005, 10:39 PM   #4
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Depends where you lived. :-)
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Old 09-09-2005, 10:40 PM   #5
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Yes but you'll need to raise the $7.50 to $35.00 then I would just break even, LOL.

I don't even think $7.50 would pay my golf club membership...how do people live on that? And yet they still find a way to pay for our porn...
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Old 09-09-2005, 10:40 PM   #6
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Depends where you lived. :-)
Why does it matter where you lived? It all depends on where you live now.
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Old 09-09-2005, 10:43 PM   #7
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The reason I ask is because one of my employees gets paid $7.75 an hour and has some of the coolest shit. A 2004 Lexus, a nice new house (2800 sq. feet), and is always wearing nice new clothes. I ask him how he affords it all and he simply tells me that he's good at managing money and saving.

FUCK THAT! I think he has another job and it's not the type of job where taxes are due or company registrations are necessary.
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Old 09-09-2005, 10:45 PM   #9
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Survive? Of course. Anyone should be able to survive on that amount of money and even less.

"Survive" was a bad choice of words. You should have asked if people would be able to uphold their current lifestyle on those wages. I couldn't.
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Old 09-09-2005, 10:45 PM   #11
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I could do it if I had to, the cost of living here in Winnipeg is really not high, although it is getting a bit higher lately.
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Old 09-09-2005, 10:47 PM   #12
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anyone could do it. Now the real question is could you live the life you live now on 7.50?

I say no fucking way.
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Old 09-09-2005, 10:47 PM   #13
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Old 09-09-2005, 11:01 PM   #14
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The reason I ask is because one of my employees gets paid $7.75 an hour and has some of the coolest shit. A 2004 Lexus, a nice new house (2800 sq. feet), and is always wearing nice new clothes. I ask him how he affords it all and he simply tells me that he's good at managing money and saving.

FUCK THAT! I think he has another job and it's not the type of job where taxes are due or company registrations are necessary.
bro hes obviously selling dope. theres no way in hell you can live off of $220 a week...

well like he is anyway.. 220 a week would be just enough to skate by if you live poor as fuck.

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Old 09-09-2005, 11:02 PM   #15
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bro hes obviously selling dope. theres no way in hell you can live off of $220 a week...
I guess I should find out what his wife does before jumping to conclusions. She might be a doctor or something.
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I guess I should find out what his wife does before jumping to conclusions. She might be a doctor or something.
Would be rather strange. Not often do doctors marry working class people earning minimum wage, haha. It could be an inheritance or something, but there's no way he can afford all that simply by good money management.

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Old 09-09-2005, 11:04 PM   #17
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In the Philippines, that's a nice income--P60K+ per month.
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Old 09-09-2005, 11:08 PM   #18
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The reason I ask is because one of my employees gets paid $7.75 an hour and has some of the coolest shit. A 2004 Lexus, a nice new house (2800 sq. feet), and is always wearing nice new clothes. I ask him how he affords it all and he simply tells me that he's good at managing money and saving.

FUCK THAT! I think he has another job and it's not the type of job where taxes are due or company registrations are necessary.
I wouldn't be too surprised. When my folks immigrated from the Philippines to the USA, both of them worked minimum wage jobs but they were able to save and manage their money to get a nice house, decent clothes and transportation. It may not be as bling bling as a new Lexus and Armani threads but they knew how to manage their money. It stems from the fact that my mom came from a family of 8 kids that pretty much had to raise themselves so every penny was saved. They rationed 1 cup to 1/2 cup of rice per sibling per day... but they managed to graduate college and get jobs.

So... it all depends on how people save and how hard they want to work. It's very possible to achieve that one income as well as selling MLM stuff on the side and other 'supplemental' income.

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The reason I ask is because one of my employees gets paid $7.75 an hour and has some of the coolest shit. A 2004 Lexus, a nice new house (2800 sq. feet), and is always wearing nice new clothes. I ask him how he affords it all and he simply tells me that he's good at managing money and saving.

FUCK THAT! I think he has another job and it's not the type of job where taxes are due or company registrations are necessary.
He is one of your employees? Yeah good at managing the money he embezzles from you.
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Old 09-09-2005, 11:11 PM   #20
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Old 09-09-2005, 11:11 PM   #21
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He is one of your employees? Yeah good at managing the money he embezzles from you.
What business do you run? There is NO WAY any of my employees embezzle money from me. First and foremost, I have an accountant that scrutinizes purchases over $10! I can ensure you that he does not steal anything from me.

He might have family money, who knows.
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Old 09-09-2005, 11:13 PM   #22
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Any idiot can get credit these days haha, that's enough to get you the lexus and a those department store cards are easy to get too.

Question is, is he paying it off?
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What business do you run? There is NO WAY any of my employees embezzle money from me. First and foremost, I have an accountant that scrutinizes purchases over $10! I can ensure you that he does not steal anything from me.

He might have family money, who knows.
don't get all offended, but i'm telling you that you can't have all ths hit at $7.75 an hour. Hell the average person where I live makes that and no one drives a Lexus. Maybe those that work for Dupont, but most are geting paid $20-$30 an hour.
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no I couldnt. Why do you pay your employees such a shitty wage lol
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Old 09-09-2005, 11:26 PM   #26
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He might really leverage his finances through credit (in a positive way). He might be a scam artist. It could be anything (legit or not).

Would be interesting to find out.
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mn it all depends.. if he's wife pays for housing.. he could be using those 1200 dollars a month just for his car payments and clothing.. i'v know many people who look like they are very wealthy but if you look at their bank accounts of wallets they are allways empty
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Surviving on income like that is very doable. Millions of people earn that or less and they manage to somehow survive.
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Are you high? What does "what I do" have to do with this thread? You asked a question I gave you a VERY plausable answer and you get all pissy. Sorry, he may not get stealing from you, but I can also tell you that the employers that say "My employees would never steal from me." are the ones that are most likely to get stolen from.
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Surviving on income like that is very doable. Millions of people earn that or less and they manage to somehow survive.
Surviving and living in a 2800 sq ft house and driving a Lexus is 2 different things.
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