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GameTheory
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"This is life on 7.50 an hour"


          

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This is life on 7.50 an hour [View all] , GameTheory, Sun Sep-20-15 08:46 AM
 
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GEEZ!
Sep 20th 2015
1
Thats why you don't have kids until your are married
Sep 20th 2015
2
she had one kid at 21, you make it out to sound like she 5 at 15.
Sep 20th 2015
5
RE: she had one kid at 21, you make it out to sound like she 5 at 15.
Sep 20th 2015
6
      so... people who make less than 7.50 an hour
Sep 20th 2015
10
      people should wait until they make more than $7.50, YES
Sep 20th 2015
19
      this is a very silly rationale
Sep 20th 2015
20
      if its not enough to support oneself, why have kids??
Sep 21st 2015
64
           do you guys not realize that wages have not kept up
Sep 21st 2015
102
                becuz wages have nothing to do with the cost of living
Sep 21st 2015
109
                wtf?
Sep 21st 2015
114
                     you really don't know how this works, do you?
Sep 21st 2015
134
                          unlike you, COLA is actually part of my salary negotiation
Sep 21st 2015
149
                          Wrong.
Sep 24th 2015
227
                RE: do you guys not realize that wages have not kept up
Sep 22nd 2015
167
      only half her income comes from working...
Sep 20th 2015
22
      have all the babies you want, just don't cry about not being able ...
Sep 20th 2015
25
           I'm sure you believe the rest of this
Sep 22nd 2015
154
      you have people who made all lthe right life decisions
Sep 20th 2015
11
"Oh Shit!! A VALUE SYSTEM! I've heard of those"....
Sep 20th 2015
15
RE: This is life on 7.50 an hour
Sep 20th 2015
3
She is 22 with one kid, let's not go overboard
Sep 20th 2015
4
One of the few reasons I'm glad I live where I do
Sep 20th 2015
16
why does it have to be on the parents though???
Sep 20th 2015
37
this production is bullshit.
Sep 20th 2015
7
RE: this production is bullshit.
Sep 20th 2015
8
      the people who watch this aren't going to understand that essentially.
Sep 20th 2015
9
      and we already are
Sep 20th 2015
12
      one of the points that you and akon are both missing...
Sep 20th 2015
43
           im basing that 1200 on 7.50*40*4
Sep 20th 2015
44
                video shows she gets sent home all the time
Sep 20th 2015
46
                you people cant read?
Sep 20th 2015
48
                     nah, I'm on your side
Sep 20th 2015
57
                          ah. i see what you are saying
Sep 20th 2015
59
                your math is still very wrong
Sep 20th 2015
54
                     lol!
Sep 20th 2015
55
even a single person can barely make it on 1200 a month
Sep 20th 2015
13
i made the mistake of reading the comments
Sep 20th 2015
14
but bu but she has an IPHONE !!!111
Sep 20th 2015
17
im mad she has clothes on
Sep 20th 2015
21
Welcome to America!
Sep 20th 2015
24
I would not shed a single tear
Sep 22nd 2015
162
I've done it... and built a small recording rig while doing it
Sep 20th 2015
26
      so you think it is okay for an adult to make less than 1200 a month?
Sep 20th 2015
30
      RE: so you think it is okay for an adult to make less than 1200 a month?
Sep 20th 2015
36
           ok, so 1200 is fine by you
Sep 20th 2015
38
      What year was that tho?
Sep 20th 2015
41
           He's 20+ years older than this woman, completely dif generation
Sep 21st 2015
68
                lol..fuck
Sep 21st 2015
83
people really hate poor people.
Sep 20th 2015
18
it's not hating the poor, it's "stop crying about your shitty decisions"
Sep 20th 2015
28
      you must be a shitty individual in real life
Sep 20th 2015
39
           I'm all about personal responsibility,
Sep 20th 2015
56
                lol@ personal responsibility
Sep 20th 2015
58
                there are plenty ppl who make similar choices as this young woman
Sep 21st 2015
65
                     RE: there are plenty ppl who make similar choices as this young woman
Sep 21st 2015
89
                          this is just hilarity
Sep 21st 2015
99
                          So math AND reading comprehension are not your strong suits...
Sep 21st 2015
112
                               yes- this is exactly the issue
Sep 21st 2015
115
                                    for you, yes.
Sep 21st 2015
123
                          i was too disgusted by your reply to read all of it.
Sep 21st 2015
121
                               k
Sep 21st 2015
124
Bernie Sanders 2016 nm.
Sep 20th 2015
23
LMAO
Sep 21st 2015
133
It aint an either/or proposition
Sep 20th 2015
27
Look at these niggas make excuses for the bullshit capitalist system
Sep 20th 2015
29
RE: Look at these niggas make excuses for the bullshit capitalist system
Sep 20th 2015
31
this is actually a lie
Sep 20th 2015
32
      RE: this is actually a lie
Sep 20th 2015
34
           oh you are comparing america with third world countries?
Sep 20th 2015
35
                RE: oh you are comparing america with third world countries?
Sep 20th 2015
53
couldn't have said it better myself, breh
Sep 22nd 2015
163
      Peace Doc
Sep 22nd 2015
174
I've been there.
Sep 20th 2015
33
On a scale of 1-10, how depressing is this video?
Sep 20th 2015
40
6/7.
Sep 20th 2015
45
edit
Sep 20th 2015
42
i was looking at you sideways, pre edit
Sep 20th 2015
49
      i realized how it read and that wasn't my intent...
Sep 20th 2015
50
           oh those people will complain about everything
Sep 20th 2015
51
so depressing. sooo soo sooo depressing. nm
Sep 20th 2015
47
this is the reason america has [some of] the worst labour laws
Sep 20th 2015
52
Yeah. Not surprising cause America was built off a slave tradition...
Sep 20th 2015
60
Some of the people who are so gung-ho about responsibility,
Sep 21st 2015
61
      YEP
Sep 22nd 2015
168
This is what makes stripping so alluring
Sep 21st 2015
62
...and crime
Sep 21st 2015
143
I really hate some of y'all niggas
Sep 21st 2015
63
they won't die soon enough.
Sep 21st 2015
66
this is how i felt on reading these posts
Sep 21st 2015
67
i don't wanna say THAT, but i'm reaaaaalllly close
Sep 23rd 2015
225
let a poor person's rights get violated & y'all protesting in the street...
Sep 21st 2015
69
the protests are for rights violation, not a poor people rights violatio...
Sep 21st 2015
80
I do have compassion for the young lady, but..
Sep 21st 2015
70
you not only have compassion but you got all the answers, Sway!
Sep 21st 2015
71
Cute..lol
Sep 21st 2015
73
      RE: Cute..lol
Sep 21st 2015
74
           Ok, Man..
Sep 21st 2015
75
                McD's needs to increase her wage.
Sep 21st 2015
76
                     $15 * 40 * 4 * 75% = $1,800 per month...is still not enough.
Sep 21st 2015
77
                     yup
Sep 21st 2015
84
                     If you can't do it on $15/hr then you're just fucking off your money.
Sep 21st 2015
129
                     I doubt they would increase her wage
Sep 21st 2015
92
                          oh she's choosing to be miserable
Sep 21st 2015
104
                          She has options
Sep 21st 2015
111
                          Yay for you.
Sep 21st 2015
122
her child's father is in jail so please tell us...
Sep 21st 2015
78
      RE: the military will take her from her child
Sep 21st 2015
95
      whoa
Sep 21st 2015
106
      $7.50/hr vs. a GOOD playing job with extensive travel?? thats bad?
Sep 21st 2015
119
           uh, when you're a private, you barely even make min. wage
Sep 22nd 2015
176
      what misinformation?
Sep 21st 2015
125
           basic is at a minimum 6 weeks you act like its a year tour
Sep 21st 2015
135
                and again I said, if she can't find someone to watch her child
Sep 23rd 2015
189
                but the military doesn't stop at 6 weeks
Sep 24th 2015
226
      Hmm..
Sep 21st 2015
103
           RE: Hmm..
Sep 21st 2015
126
some of you post like you've never personally known a poor person
Sep 21st 2015
72
this is my family. my grandmother, aunts, and cousins are on welfare
Sep 21st 2015
79
or maybe we actually do know a poor person
Sep 21st 2015
82
      It could be argued that your friend's little brother made a poor life ch...
Sep 21st 2015
91
           i think everyone should go to school for STEM (or maybe business)
Sep 21st 2015
96
Too much peasantry for me.
Sep 21st 2015
81
If you believe that anyone who works full-time in the world's richest co...
Sep 21st 2015
85
true, they 'should', the choice to make what they should is on them
Sep 21st 2015
93
All jokes aside, there really isn't a kid reason to have kids you can't ...
Sep 21st 2015
86
Fine, but poverty wages endanger, wait for it ...
Sep 21st 2015
87
      Raise the dag on wages! I'm all for that.
Sep 21st 2015
88
my question is what is the answer to solve the issue?
Sep 21st 2015
90
no, no, no, fucking no
Sep 21st 2015
94
ok so if we make the service jobs 15/hr
Sep 21st 2015
105
      this is what they want you to believe
Sep 21st 2015
107
      doesn't that change our society to more socialist
Sep 21st 2015
113
           no. advocating that wages keep up with cost of living
Sep 21st 2015
116
           no socialism is 75% of this woman's income comes from welfare
Sep 21st 2015
118
      the cost of living has gone up dramatically over the last 20 years but
Sep 21st 2015
127
           ^^^ this.
Sep 22nd 2015
152
education
Sep 21st 2015
97
thats back down the personal accountability path, they dont like that
Sep 21st 2015
98
      What is it about #90 that you don't get?
Sep 21st 2015
100
      quality education doesn't have to be placed at the feet. can we at
Sep 21st 2015
101
      i know but it's the only realistic solution
Sep 21st 2015
108
      the sympathizers dont live in reality
Sep 21st 2015
110
      ^^^ this is the boat I'm in, but you see how they're coming at me
Sep 21st 2015
130
           so much easier to play victim than realize YOU are in control
Sep 21st 2015
136
                I found jobs online that ANYONE can do with a computer
Sep 21st 2015
137
                     You mean work from home classified SPAM? Lol
Sep 21st 2015
145
                          since you insist on being a dumb ass ngga...
Sep 21st 2015
148
                               Lemme hip you to how taxes and low paid contracting works...
Sep 21st 2015
151
                                    c'mon now... I've been doing it for a hot minute
Sep 22nd 2015
153
                                         RE: c'mon now... I've been doing it for a hot minute
Sep 22nd 2015
155
                                              still wrong on some points
Sep 22nd 2015
160
      if everyone becomes educated
Sep 21st 2015
117
           welp, there goes another option off the table. NEXT!!!
Sep 21st 2015
120
      where did anyone say that in this thread?
Sep 21st 2015
128
Spitballing...
Sep 21st 2015
131
      I fucks with a lot of this
Sep 21st 2015
132
           RE: I fucks with a lot of this
Sep 22nd 2015
159
Some of yall sound like the people who thought sharecroppers
Sep 21st 2015
138
and you sound like an enabler
Sep 21st 2015
139
You can't fix a structural issue with personal choice by its very nature
Sep 21st 2015
142
RE: Some of yall sound like the people who thought sharecroppers
Sep 21st 2015
140
How much of this post focused on structural change vs personal blame?
Sep 21st 2015
144
      RE: How much of this post focused on structural change vs personal blame...
Sep 21st 2015
146
      That means you don't understand structuralism.
Sep 21st 2015
150
           RE: That means you don't understand structuralism.
Sep 22nd 2015
166
      so much wrong with this thought process
Sep 21st 2015
147
except no...
Sep 21st 2015
141
You know what I did when I had a low-paying job? I got another job.
Sep 22nd 2015
158
a living wage is what you choose to live on
Sep 22nd 2015
156
lol, you dont even know what a living wage is!!!
Sep 22nd 2015
164
who knew there were so many extremist conservatives on this board
Sep 22nd 2015
169
do labels make you feel better? bc im NOT a conservative.
Sep 23rd 2015
181
      stop sounding like one
Sep 23rd 2015
213
the dictionary does not concur...
Sep 23rd 2015
221
There's some miserable motherfuckers on this board nm
Sep 22nd 2015
157
are you saying this because people disagree with you...
Sep 22nd 2015
161
      because of the rampant entitlement
Sep 23rd 2015
183
american taxpayers subsidizing walmart and mcdonalds
Sep 22nd 2015
165
Akon's $1200 a month plan could work.../You sad sack....
Sep 22nd 2015
170
People be insensitive jerks without trying
Sep 22nd 2015
171
RE: People be insensitive jerks without trying
Sep 22nd 2015
172
      RE: People be insensitive jerks without trying
Sep 22nd 2015
173
           minimum wage jobs aren't meant to be CAREER, if you're a fully...
Sep 22nd 2015
175
                minimum wage is supposed to be a living wage
Sep 23rd 2015
179
                regardless of job vs career, the point remains
Sep 23rd 2015
180
man ya'll muffuckas HATE ya'll some poor people
Sep 22nd 2015
177
Been there, done that, young lady.
Sep 23rd 2015
178
      thanks, but i'm a woman
Sep 23rd 2015
224
can we EVER take into account the ones gaming the system?
Sep 23rd 2015
182
That depends on who you think is gaming the system...
Sep 23rd 2015
184
RE: That depends on who you think is gaming the system...
Sep 23rd 2015
195
      How much do you think people on disability make?
Sep 23rd 2015
198
           you're really not reading everything I wrote.
Sep 23rd 2015
205
                This is the key part of your statement.
Sep 23rd 2015
208
yes. like her employer.
Sep 23rd 2015
185
i know alot of people with disability hustles & all kinds of other stuff
Sep 23rd 2015
186
seriously, most of those people are not living great enviable lives
Sep 23rd 2015
197
other entities are "gaming the system" on a much bigger scale.
Sep 23rd 2015
187
So, y'all are really okay with McD conning us for millions...
Sep 23rd 2015
188
a lot of people live beyond their means whether they're making minimum.....
Sep 23rd 2015
190
That's an issue of financial literacy.
Sep 23rd 2015
192
      Fam, where do y'all get this shit from??? McD's pays billions in taxes
Sep 23rd 2015
201
           RE: Fam, where do y'all get this shit from??? McD's pays billions in tax...
Sep 23rd 2015
203
                did you miss the part where I said they sould pay more in taxes?
Sep 23rd 2015
204
                     RE: did you miss the part where I said they sould pay more in taxes?
Sep 23rd 2015
209
yes. to them it's more important that the poor be chastized
Sep 23rd 2015
191
I'll Bee Dat (c) Redman
Sep 23rd 2015
194
says the lawyer that's helped known criminals walk.
Sep 23rd 2015
199
i forget there's an actual 'PG' posting here.
Sep 23rd 2015
200
      he's a "good dude" because y'all are typically on the same side
Sep 23rd 2015
202
           Avoiding taxes = not paying taxes.
Sep 23rd 2015
207
                You LIED. n/m
Sep 23rd 2015
210
                     How is it a lie, if he conceded tax avoidance?
Sep 23rd 2015
212
                          post #204. n/m
Sep 23rd 2015
215
                               post #207.
Sep 23rd 2015
216
                                    your statement read as if they didn't pay taxes at all...
Sep 23rd 2015
218
                                         My statement was concise...
Sep 23rd 2015
219
RE: So, y'all are really okay with McD conning us for millions...
Sep 23rd 2015
193
      So you on that Ayn Rand, the market will correct itself ish?
Sep 23rd 2015
196
           RE: schools where education is inadequate
Sep 23rd 2015
206
                Here's the thing...
Sep 23rd 2015
211
Those silly poor people and their love of phones and babies
Sep 23rd 2015
214
Are the odds stacked against certain people? of course. Are they impossi...
Sep 23rd 2015
217
what kills me is the 'but you knew better' defense
Sep 23rd 2015
220
RE: Those silly poor people and their love of phones and babies
Sep 23rd 2015
222
"give a man a fish and you feed him for a day..."
Sep 23rd 2015
223
NONE of these ppl who said "i did so they can too" had to do it
Sep 24th 2015
228
      RE: NONE of these ppl who said "i did so they can too" had to do it
Sep 25th 2015
229

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