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Old 09-08-2021, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Luggage View Post
Does anyone really think $10 an hour is a good salary? The average rent for a one bedroom apartment is between $850 and $1,000 in our area. If you make the average and then you have to pay taxes, more than 50% of your income is going towards housing which is about 50% too much. I may not have the percentages exact but trust me it's a lot harder to live on 20,000 a year and being a villager with a paid off house getting social security and half a million in the bank. You can be a little generous , it won't cost you that much.
If you are talking about service people in restaurants you do realize that $ 10 is only salary.

A good waiter or waitress will make several times that amount per hour