On 1/1/2016 4:13 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:10:33 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:22:15 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> No real business can survive on $125 per day gross income.
>>>
>>> Forget the business. How can a single person can do more than couch
>>> surf at that rate, when they live in or near an urban area?
>>
>> Umm, it's 15$ an hour. Granted it's only 32.5K a year, but with a
>> spouse working, puts you pretty much into middle income levels.
>
> $32k is barely making it here or any urban area AFAIC.
>

It is not living large anywhere, but in some locations you could get by,
have a modest used car. It is not like the wages for average factory
workers in the 1950s where you could buy a house and raise a couple of
kids on one income.

It also show that you need some education and skills to do well and make
$25 and up.

The push for the $15 minimum is just going to be inflationary. The
person now making $15 will want $20 because he has more skill, the guy
now making $20 will want $25 etc. The $4 loaf of bread will be $10.