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Originally posted by AGDee
My dream retirement job happens to be greeter at Walmart. I can socialize all day "Hello! How are you today?" with no pressures and no responsibilities. I can't wait...
This thread is interesting. If you believe everybody on here, then hardly anybody makes minimum wage but it's going to cost businesses more to raise minimum wage so we're going to have major inflation. If nobody is making minimum wage anyway, then it should have no effect on prices of anything to raise it. In fact, if hardly anybody makes minimum wage, then it will have no effect on anything to raise it.
In Michigan, if you don't have children, the only form of welfare is food stamps. I guess Section 8 housing could be counted as welfare, but even that is too expensive in many areas.
When I tried to get a 3 bedroom apartment here, I found out that the only ones in my area are "moderate income housing" and you had to make less than $35,000 with 2 kids to qualify for it. The rent was $875 a month. If I had two kids and only made $35,000, I couldn't afford $875 in rent! Ridiculous!
Anyway, I rambled and got off topic.
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The numbers I provided are for a certain age group - generally the group that is working those jobs as a way to make a living. Teenagers and college kids that are working to make date money often work these jobs. And the places they work at are often the places that cater to less wealthy individuals.
And don't forget the earned income tax credit that you may qualify for when you get a job at Walmart.
The apartment thing is strange. In Chicago, you can get a nice 1 bedroom for 1200 and then if you made a low amount of money i think it dropped to 400 or so. Strange.
-Rudey