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Old 03-26-2015, 11:54 AM  
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Originally Posted by woj View Post
it's not now, but it will be soon in Seattle (whole point of this thread), making it 2.5x level of "welfare level"...

how can someone working full time live below poverty line? minimum wage is 7.25 so that translates to about $1100 per month... which is ABOVE welfare level...

so where is the problem?
You are overlooking that the poverty level is adjusted based on how many individuals are living in a household.

2015 Poverty Guidelines

It would be a different story if everyone was single without kids and could rent a room above a one car garage like Fonzi.

MaDalton is simply saying there would be less welfare if the average employee was better compensated rather than just paying them the bare minimum allowed by law.
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