where the f are you getting your numbers? 71k is well above the poverty line and no one making a lousy $18 an hour comes anywhere near that income. do the math before you bloviateYawn….
$18 x 40 = 720 gross a week x 52 weeks = $37,440.
even $37k a year is well above the so-called poverty line. and it's why your Quarter pounder at Mikey D's now costs 4.50 where it was 2 dollars before. brilliant!
minimum wage jobs are not supposed to be careers dude. they are starter jobs.
2020 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE 48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Persons in family/household Poverty guideline
1 $12,760
2 $17,240
3 $21,720
4 $26,200 Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid
Says a family of four, I’m saying two kids at age 15 make more than that…. Reading is fundamental…. Just like the article you posted…. Our quarter pounder is $6.29