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Even at effective minimum wage of 11.80 an hour[1], that’s only 2 months of salary. That’s not life altering in any way and wouldn’t be worth prison time to peo
by kortilla 2y ago
Even at effective minimum wage of 11.80 an hour[1], that’s only 2 months of salary. That’s not life altering in any way and wouldn’t be worth prison time to people in general. People have to have been tricked about the risks or were coerced.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_Sta...
- benjaminwootton 2y agoPeople on minimum wage don’t get a chance to build savings are probably living month to month. Though it’s not an earth shattering of money it is meaningful to a lot of people.
- ben_w 2y agoFurther to the same point, there's a cost of living crisis in the UK, so many people even above minimum wage are having to use food banks. I can easily believe someone in such a position would jump (well, politely queue, they are British) at a chance for a "mere" few thousand.