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yupuhoh t1_j0h4v64 wrote

Reply to comment by Runnah5555 in Maine Will Have a New Minimum Wage Beginning on January 1st by Shake-Spear4666

Food stamps..free healthcare. Things like this help when you are poor as dirt

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Runnah5555 t1_j0h9vrl wrote

No one who works 40 hours a week should be dirt poor. 40 hours a week should be enough to provide basic living necessities.

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yupuhoh t1_j0hasof wrote

I agree. But that's not how it is. This is why we have programs in place to help. The first year I worked where I'm working now I got qualified for free care through Belfast because I only made 14k in 11 months. That was 8 years ago. And they paid for my back surgery. I was renting a room off someone for 100$ a week making 8$ an hour. And got 130$ a month in food stamps. The programs help a lot.

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flyingcucu t1_j0hh4sd wrote

it was not like this for boomers. 40 hours = able to buy a house working at mcdonalds

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yupuhoh t1_j0hivw6 wrote

Actually to buy a 200,000 house at 13.80 min wage you have to work 14,492 hours.

To buy a house in 1980 for 47,500 at 3.10 min wage you have to work 15,322 hours.

I went back 40 years. Not sure if that's appropriate for the "boomer" term. Sorry if it's not

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flyingcucu t1_j0hjcbt wrote

Uh, having worked in the mortgage industry, that is not how that works.

You just cant compare money earned/hours to the end price of a loan. LOL

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yupuhoh t1_j0hkg0h wrote

Just like you can't compare living 40 years ago to today......

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JesseIsAGirlsName t1_j0hqdg4 wrote

I don't remember low-level fast food employees buying houses back in the 70s and 80s. Maybe living in a crappy trailer park, but not in a proper house.

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