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its true and you should say it (slrpnk.net)

submitted 9 months ago by stabby_cicada to c/textsfromsolarpunk

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[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Cost of living wage where I live is $25.88/h. ...and it's a rural area. Just a regular New England small town. The cheaper areas are $23.50ish. the data for these number was updated by MIT yesterday.

America is really a nation of slaves. Ide need more then 2 fulltime jobs to live on my own. ...since jobs still start around $8-10/h here.

Basically the options are slavery, homelessness, or suicide. Oh or slavery within prison.

The option is to be a slave owner yourself.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Living wage in my area is $20.67 (for single person no kids and assumes housing is only $765/mth which is hard to find). Lots of places still pay in the 8-10 range, and 15 is super common for stuff because “it’s a low cost area, you get low cost wages”. 20+ is hard to find even with a degree, unless you already have years of experience under your belt, which you can’t get because you need to have years under your belt to get the years under your belt.. so basically unless you get real lucky real early, it’s almost impossible to find a living wage job around here.