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How would someone paid $4/hour be expected to sustain themselves though? Or is the expectation that they would a higher paid job and do that on the side? But th
by dj_mc_merlin 6y ago
How would someone paid $4/hour be expected to sustain themselves though? Or is the expectation that they would a higher paid job and do that on the side? But then why do they need the $4 job?
- omginternets 6y agoThe point is that you can’t pay $4, for the very reasons you mention.
- ghaff 6y agoTo be clear, I'm not advocating for $4/hr jobs. The parent asked what jobs don't exist because there generally aren't $4/hr jobs for valid reasons. [And yes, low income jobs may make sense for kids doing babysitting, etc.] By and large you need a pretty large disparity between middle income jobs and unskilled but reliable labor for a lot of the jobs to exist except for truly wealthy individuals.
- JumpCrisscross 6y agoThe point is $4/hour isn’t sustainable in part due to more-productive people bidding up the cost of living and in part due to almost everyone having better options for employment (or unemployment).
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- jlawson 6y agoLots of people can do useful work without being sole breadwinners, and can use money even in small amounts. Homemakers doing part time work, kids or young people making money (and getting experience) after school, retirees, disabled people on benefits (who may be able to work in limited capacity), travelers/itinerants, or people taking extra quick work on the side like you said.
- jldugger 6y ago> How would someone paid $4/hour be expected to sustain themselves though? By decreased living standards and working more hours. Take a look at farm labor for an example: the work is largely done by foreign labor where their opportunities in their domestic market is even worse.