Minimum wage .... buys what ?

[MindMover]

OneAmericnWoman ?@OneAmericnWoman

In California, the average two-bedroom rental requires a $26-an-hour salary while minimum wage in the state is $8. #homeless

[cindyperry2010]

1. not very much

[SheilaT]

2. Back when minimum wage was

a dollar and a quarter an hour, I could actually live on my own on that amount. I had very little, had a roomate in a shabby apartment, but I could pay my share of the rent, buy food, clothes, and a little entertainment. After being on my own for a few months, minimum wage went up to a dollar sixty-five and hour, and I was noticeably better off.

The other issue is that there are so many more things we need, or think we need, that didn't even exist back then. Like a computer, the internet, a cell phone. I have all of those. I don't have a TV or cable/satellite, but most people do.

[MindMover]

3. Interesting and true comment .... thanks

"The other issue is that there are so many more things we need, or think we need, that didn't even exist back then. Like a computer, the internet, a cell phone. I have all of those. I don't have a TV or cable/satellite, but most people do."