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I guess that’s the downside of paying people as little as you can get away with.

• Havoc 7y ago
  >I guess that’s the downside of paying people as little as you can get away with. Fair point I guess...to an extent. People somehow manage to live paycheque to paycheque regardless of the absolute number they get paid in my experience. In this particular case - it's in the context of 40% unemployment. So the market equilibrium is quite low.
  • ethbro 7y ago
    There's a definite threshold between "their responsibility" and "the economy's responsibility." I'd say generally the number at which you can no long afford to (a) put a roof over your head in a reasonably safe environment, (b) buy enough at the grocery to feed yourself and any dependents, (c) afford necessary medical care. When you're trying to figure out how to make your paycheck cover only those things, we're not talking about disposable income anymore.