MIT "Living Wage" calculator, how accurate for you area?

[1srelluc]

Living Wage Calculator

Please keep in mind....It's not up to companies to pay you what you need. It's up to you to earn what you want.

I'd say for my AO it's not too far off the mark but a bit on the low side as far as housing/food goes.

 

[norwegen]

Everyone who clamors for a living wage is still alive.

What gives?

 

[Bleipriester]

It's not up to companies to pay you what you need.

Yes, it is.

 

[norwegen]

Yes, it is.

No it isn't.

 

[Bleipriester]

No it isn't.

A company that doesn´t want slaves but healthy and efficient employees that show up in time each morning pays even more.
Maybe you forgot what made the US so strong. It is the higher wages. People who earn more will spend more and thus make the economy grow.
Higher wages are a real win-win situation in general.
What you have in mind is a country like Colombia or even the Confederate States.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

A company that doesn´t want slaves but healthy and efficient employees that show up in time each morning pays even more.
Maybe you forgot what made the US so strong. It is the higher wages. People who earn more will spend more and thus make the economy grow.
Higher wages are a real win-win situation in general.
What you have in mind is a country like Colombia or even the Confederate States.

Perhaps if dems hadn't raised taxes to the point where both the Father and Mother have too work to make ends meet?
It used to only take one income.

 

[DGS49]

There seems to be a perception on the Left (where few have ever been gainfully employed in the private sector) that one's income level is akin to a "caste" as used to exist in India; in other words, you are stuck with it. But among normal people, a wage or income level is a snapshot at a single moment in time, which picture will generally rise as the individual or household reaches economic maturity.

I personally have existed in all five income "Quintiles" during the course of my working life, and have had, as an adult, a financial net worth that ranged from below zero to well-into seven figures.

I can't even imagine how they arrived at a living wage anywhere. The cost of housing alone is often insane.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Yes, it is.

I need $1 million dollars.

 

[odanny]

Seems pretty accurate.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

That chart is SOOOOOOOOOOO OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY!!!!!

Living Wage Calculator

Please keep in mind....It's not up to companies to pay you what you need. It's up to you to earn what you want.

I'd say for my AO it's not too far off the mark but a bit on the low side as far as housing/food goes.

It is up to COMPANIES TO PAY ACCORDING TO THE SKILL AND WORK INVOLVED!!
WHICH THEY DO NOT DO, AND HAVEN'T DONE SINCE THE EARLY 80's!!!!

 

[1srelluc]

That chart is SOOOOOOOOOOO OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY!!!!!


It is up to COMPANIES TO PAY ACCORDING TO THE SKILL AND WORK INVOLVED!!
WHICH THEY DO NOT DO, AND HAVEN'T DONE SINCE THE EARLY 80's!!!!

You seem....under-appreciated.....Maybe you chose poorly.

 

[MarathonMike]

Enforcing a "living wage" on employers often has negative consequences such as the employer cutting staff to pay for the raises.

 

[westwall]

Living Wage Calculator

Please keep in mind....It's not up to companies to pay you what you need. It's up to you to earn what you want.

I'd say for my AO it's not too far off the mark but a bit on the low side as far as housing/food goes.

Miles away.

 

[fncceo]

Yes, it is.

Actually, it's totally not.

It's up to companies to pay you for whatever value you bring to them.

Why on earth would a company pay you more than the worth of the services you give them?

 

[Bleipriester]

Perhaps if dems hadn't raised taxes to the point where both the Father and Mother have too work to make ends meet?
It used to only take one income.

You don´t want the companies to be taxed, you don´t want the people to be taxed, but the government must have an income.

 

[Bleipriester]

Actually, it's totally not.

It's up to companies to pay you for whatever value you bring to them.

Why on earth would a company pay you more than the worth of the services you give them?

If that value isn´t enough to make a living, the whole system is flawed. In the darkest times of medieval Europe, even the poorest peasant could nourish his wife and kids.

 

[Bleipriester]

I need $1 million dollars.

Me too.

 

[fncceo]

If that value isn´t enough to make a living, the whole system is flawed.

If your skills aren't worth enough to make a living ... your choice of education is flawed.

You don't have to change the system. Just get better skills or re-think what you need to make a living.

If you're carrying around the latest iPhone, sporting thousands of dollars in tattoos, drinking, smoking, and doing drugs ... and still complaining that you can't make a living ... well, you need to examine your life.

 

[Bleipriester]

If your skills aren't worth enough to make a living ... your choice of education is flawed.

You don't have to change the system. Just get better skills or re-think what you need to make a living.

If you're carrying around the latest iPhone, sporting thousands of dollars in tattoos, drinking, smoking, and doing drugs ... and still complaining that you can't make a living ... well, you need to examine your life.

There will always be the ones doing the lower jobs. They are as important as the better jobs are.
Of course, what you do with your money, is up to you. But everyone must have enough of it.

 

[fncceo]

Of course, what you do with your money, is up to you.

What you do with your money is TOTALLY up to you. Agree 100%.

But, when you run out of your money ... don't come looking for mine.

What I choose to do with MY money is not give it to people with no skills who want to live like they had skills.