Minimum Wage

OK you genius. I went to google and the other sites you mentioned. I couldn't find any information regarding LPSG members who earned minimum wage or any pay categories classified by penis size.

Maybe you could help me find the info.

I just got a raise at work now, but I went from making $55,000 a year to being unemployed, to now making $12/hour before the raise.

I was making minimum wage until I was 30 years old. In the community where I lived, minimum-wage jobs were the only jobs that would hire women, except for nurses, teachers, secretaries, etc. Since I don't have the manual dexterity to type fast, and can't deal with kids or sick people, that leaves me in the dust. I worked fast food, did factory work, cashier, etc. And this was AFTER getting my college degree!

I didn't get into my real career path until I moved to Indianapolis - which I was only able to do because I had a boyfriend there at the time, and moved in with him.

I manage despite being unemployed about half the time now. San Antonio has a low cost of living, and my car is paid off. However, I have a lot of credit-card debt due to moving expenses, car repairs and medical/dental bills.

I find the more money I make the more of it disappears with nothing to show for it - I don't mean on taxes, it just disappears.

Hell yeah, I already went through the condition of working poor. Education is the only way out of working poor. You don't need to spend tons of money to finish college. That's what public schools and colleges are for. You don't need to borrow 100K to go to a public school. $16 per hour should be the real minimum wage that the workers deserve to get paid because of the skyrocketting living cost and rising inflation rate these days.

Rule: Your lifestyle will expand to fit your income.

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Originally Posted by TheBeast This is a classic example of the "I barely make enough to get by" bs instead of people living to their means.

Um, Ok, Just because i'm 21 doesn't mean I'm financially inept. Obviously one would tend to think you would be if you still have 100k worth of student loans yet you have been out of school for 20 years.

Just because I live in Indiana doesn't mean I live in a "podunk". Kinda rude isn't it? Thats like me saying because you live in New Jersey you live in a shit whole ghetto. But this "snot nosed kid" chose not to be rude. Another thing, Guess what: NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO LIVE IN NEW JERSEY. If you can't afford to live there, how about you use your degree and move elsewhere.

Congratulations on the no credit care debt.

Hundreds of thousands of students every year go to college without having their parents pay or even force them too. Just be thankful your parents pushed you to go to college. After all your parents could have been cracked out and abusive turning you into a crack whore. I hope you do fine some inner peace in the fact that many of us "snot nosed" kids are paying for our own college and at even higher costs than when you attended school.

Oh, forgot to add: Do you honestly think I have the time to go through and read everyones name to try and figure out what it means?

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Originally Posted by TheBeast This is a classic example of the "I barely make enough to get by" bs instead of people living to their means.

That post just earned you a spot on my ignore list.

On your topic - I own a relatively large employment staffing firm in the "poorest" state in the US. The vast majority of our business is industrial, warehousing, assembly, clerical, and service-sector jobs. The lowest starting rate is $7.50 currently.

Mississippi, like most states, does not have a minimum wage that is higher than the federal minimum. The minimum wage is intended to assist the completely unskilled from being taken advantage of in the employment market, not to create a standard starting wage rate.

btw, Beast, I think New Jersey is a beautiful state, but we all make sacrifices when we choose a place to live. Obviously you know this is true or you wouldn't have acheived zero credit card debt. I lived is Los Angelos for several years. It was an awesome place - especially for a young, single man in a professional position. But it took every dime of my very large salary (for the time) to afford it. I just couldn't see doing that for the rest of my life.

Some groups are better off than others.

An easy and glib statement for you to make. The eastern seaboard is a very expensive place to live, especially in the New York or Washington, DC area. More on that in a moment...$70 grand is NOT the huge salary you may think it is...

My partner has a Ph. D. in chemistry, and his work experience is very specialized. There just simply is NOT work for him in Peterlick, Oklahoma. He has to get a job where the jobs exist. So that landed us in the Washington DC area. We were living in a small, old, bug-infested 1100 square foot apartment in the suburbs for 3 years, and paying $1400 per month in rent. It was the best available that we could afford. When we couldn't stand it any longer, we looked for a house to buy. To avoid contractual problems, we went "month-to-month" in our apartment, rather than renew the lease. When we went month-to-month, they upped the rent to $1700 per month. It took us almost 4 months to find a townhouse, 20 miles from work, slightly larger than our apartment, and our mortgage payment is just under $4000 per month. We don't "live beyond our means," it's just fucking expensive to live here. An old (1950s) 1300 square foot single family house near the public transportation is selling for about $850,000 right now. We couldn't do that.

Just out of curiosity, what kind of wages do you THINK someone would have to make, to pay $45,600 per year just in mortgage payments?

Shelby, again, I'm going to ask, why are you doing this? You are starting to tread the line of trolling. I cannot imagine any other reason you would post this (and your previous "controversial link") other than to stir up discontent. What is it with you and posting the gay links lately?

Hahaha I totally don't think the New Jersey Has the highest cost of living in the US... it HAS TO Be either LA, NYC, Bay Area or Hawaii.

Go start a business, hire average workers and pay them $16.00 per hour. Good luck finding a good banruptcy attourney.

But you are aware that NYC actually "spills over" into parts of New Jersey?

And no, in general, NJ probably doesn't have the highest cost of living, but it's most likely higher than most of Indiana, right?

Young teens make mimimum. If you are 18 and make minimum wage you are not too smart to begin with. Minimum here is about $8.00.

Illegal Mexicans get $8 to $10 cash at least.