>> I'm not sure that minimum wage earners would be buying expensive cars and
going out to eat very much


Hah, my inlaws eat out all the time and they make less than half of what we
do. ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:08 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: More Breaking News

But in my example, you're only asking for what your family can subsist
on.  Nothing extra, just enough to keep you from starving.

The minimum wage only addresses that lower end.  I'm not sure that
minimum wage earners would be buying expensive cars and going out to eat
very much.

marlon

Raymond Camden wrote:

>>Say you're applying for a job.  You have a family of 5 and
>>you give the minimum figure that your family can subsist on.
>>
>>Someone else comes along, and since their culture encourages
>>whole family units, up to 20 people, to live together and
>>share expenses they can undercut you by half of your figure.
>>
>>Do you think this is a good thing?
>>
>>   
>>
>
>Sure. Take another example. Person A likes to eat out every night and buy
>expensive cars. Person B is more frugal. Therefore he can afford to work
for
>less.
>
>-Ray
>
>
>
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