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In reply to the discussion: I don't understand... [View all]tblue37
(65,778 posts)26. Warren is right--It should be over $20/hr. She says $22.
That would put full time workers at $880/week--rounding off, about $40,000/year. Not a huge annual income, but enough to meet needs for one person living a middle class life. It is about what I make per year--though I am on salary, not hourly wages. I live alone since my kids grew up. I have to budget (college towns are kinda expensive, even in the midwest), but I pay my bills, buy books to read, cover vet bills and that sort of thing.
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How do I directly connect this to a tweet? I'm still kind of stupid on Twitter.
Maraya1969
May 2014
#5
Yea but then it takes it to this link. I guess that's OK. I was just wondering how I could link
Maraya1969
May 2014
#9
Then there are the ones who claim the CEO getting "only" $9,000 an hour is "commie".
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2014
#7
Well - the problem I have with $10 an hour is that it is still poverty wages.
geckosfeet
May 2014
#13
Of course they worked hard for it, why else would they get $10,000 per hour? People who don't get
GoneFishin
May 2014
#32
Camels? Rich people don't have no stinkin' camels. Rich people con't need no stinkin' camels . . .
tclambert
May 2014
#29
Surveys show Americans actually DON'T understand. They are WAY off when asked
FailureToCommunicate
May 2014
#27