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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:04 PM Original message |
"Living Wage Calculator" |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. That is an interesting site. Thanks for sharing it. nm |
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Azlady (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you, I heard about this but couldn't find it - |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks for sharing the link. n/t |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Says the Living Wage for my town is $6.43 per hour. |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Do you have to hunt for your own food? n/t |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's an idea! |
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SlicerDicer- (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Looks like that site took the Failbus. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Seems to be on the low side to me. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wow, my living wage estimate for my area is $10.60 per hour. |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. There's housing in my city for $630? |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. looked up my town |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. These figures aren't close to what it takes to live in our area. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. For the Boston area, an annual gross income of $28,425 for a single person is very low. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Lots of inaccurate data there....in my county you can't live in the ghetto |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. In my town, a Living Wage for a 2 Adult/1 Child family is $14.92 |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
16. adjusted for inflation or not, that's really depressing |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I think the site was a project done in 2004 (posted about that below). nt |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. My point was that I'm still making less than the "living wage" listed |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. HAve to wonder if the author is a member of the Reality Based Community. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Great find |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. to everyone saying estimates are low - I think the site was done with 2004 data |
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joop (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. Interesting idea but way off on the data for my area |
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efilon (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
22. Estimates? |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. According to the site Data... |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
25. Interesting! |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. this credit union does an estimate for its community - technique could be applied elsewhere |
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