$15.00 an hour isn't a lot of money.

Booker T Garvey

Veteran
Supporter
Joined
Aug 17, 2014
Messages
29,744
Reputation
3,952
Daps
124,175
I didn’t want to make it seem like I was shytting on them lol. I personally know people who make under 15 (we all do) but it’s hard to be comfortable and have the “American lifestyle” on that. America runs on credit

like most people, I know a bit of both; but a lot of the people i came up with though? they're going through it as adults :whoo:
 

Wild self

The Black Man will prosper!
Supporter
Joined
Jun 20, 2012
Messages
82,292
Reputation
11,956
Daps
222,926
10 pages later and you know y'all proved OPs point right? To make 15 an hour livable for a single person here are the recommendations I've read in here; live in the hood, don't have a car or get a used cash car to avoid car notes, liability only insurance, no cable/internet, contract phone, no eating out, and basically no luxuries of any kind and it can work out "well" for you. So, if you have to cut your lifestyle down to the bare minimum, $15 isn't a lot of money. Anywhere. It's a wage you can survive on which is why it should be the minimum wage, not the "entry" to the middle class. :mjlol: How are you middle class and you can't afford a car, car insurance, cable/internet or an up to date phone and looking at Obamacare plans? :heh: That's middle class to you guys? My people are so lost and they don't even know it. :wow:

The post recession world is an entirely different animal. People who used to save 50 to 200k pre 2008, are happy with being the newnpoor, having a measly 2k in the bank, thinking that is wavy.
 

Wild self

The Black Man will prosper!
Supporter
Joined
Jun 20, 2012
Messages
82,292
Reputation
11,956
Daps
222,926
I don't even want to say what I make living paycheck to paycheck.

shyt, I saved 6 figures before I moved out, and I still feel broke. These people must be flirting with being wiped out from society. $15 an hour I was making in undergrad.
 

Wild self

The Black Man will prosper!
Supporter
Joined
Jun 20, 2012
Messages
82,292
Reputation
11,956
Daps
222,926
Nah, not at the moment

The people I trust my son with are already working

I always said it takes an extended family to raise a child properly. These child care places take advantage of people egos. Imagine all that money, in savings every month? :wow:
 

Houston911

Super Moderator
Staff member
Supporter
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
46,879
Reputation
13,805
Daps
198,692
I always said it takes an extended family to raise a child properly. These child care places take advantage of people egos. Imagine all that money, in savings every month? :wow:

Before daycare we paid his grandma $300 a week to watch him cuz she was coming to the house and she made it super convenient for us. She would cook and straighten up so we didn't have to do anything after work

I MUCH prefer that over daycare
 

Nintendough

#Kliq
Joined
May 2, 2012
Messages
30,087
Reputation
7,152
Daps
84,947
Reppin
Eagles, Canes, Kliq, Sixers
The avg coli poster hourly is like $16. Y'all need to drop the cert gang act and ask yourself why a stocker at Walmart should make a livable wage. Why should somebody with zero talent and ambition be able to comfortably eat? fukk that learn a trade if u want ends.
 

Ethnic Vagina Finder

The Great Paper Chaser
Joined
May 4, 2012
Messages
55,153
Reputation
2,836
Daps
156,248
Reppin
North Jersey but I miss Cali :sadcam:
Most don’t people in society don’t make 20 an hour though... So you may have to calibrate what normal actually means

And all of those people have been conditioned to accept their circumstances. Companies can pay whatever they want. They would pay $5.15 an hour if most applicants accepted that reality.

Wealth redistribution to the top 10% is at an all time high. The "middle class" just accept that fact. We are now living in a "shareholder" society where people accumulate wealth (via the stock market) off the backs of working class people who either get paid scraps or pay interest on credit cards, or pay bank fees or simply "consume" goods and services.

To put things in perspective.

In 1997 Bill Gates was the richest man in America with a net worth of $38 Billion. Warren Buffet was second at $23 Billion
In 2017 the top 10 richest Americans are have a net worth of over $40 Billion. The top 5 have a net worth of over $50 Billions
The top 20 richest Americans have a combined net worth of $916.6 Billion dollars

But the government can't raise the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour? But they want to lower their taxes :mjpls:
 

Two Stacks

New Orleans Shoe Lover
Supporter
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
13,565
Reputation
1,107
Daps
17,576
Reppin
New Orleans, Louisiana
You don't work full time.
If you work 35 hours a week, you lose 5 hours a week which at $15 is almost $4,000 of the course of the year.
If you only work 35 hours a week making $15 and hour, you are making the same as someone working full time who makes $13/hour.
$15/hour is 2600 a month before taxes.

Full time at my company is 32 hours per week. I can't change what Best Buy determines to be full time. I average 35-38. I get some good bonuses because I sell phones. so that helps make up for it.

$15 can work out depending on your lifestyle. Im a single woman who lives with my parents and my only bills are related to my car. $15/hr can take me far. But if you got kids, live in an apartment, live up north, then its probably not enough.

See, a lot of people don't want to say that they live at home. I do too. To live alone I need to make $20.
 

tuckgod

The high exalted
Bushed
Joined
Feb 4, 2016
Messages
48,574
Reputation
14,750
Daps
180,789
It ain't about what you earn, it's about what you keep.

It's nikkas out here making $15 an hour, better off financially than folks making 50k a year.

One thing I've learned is the more money folks make, some feel the need to keep up appearances with folks in their social circles.

Even at the risk of their financial stability.
 
Top