# The Nahployment 'Crisis'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117 "2021-04-30T19:07:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117/1382 "2022-04-12T04:13:46Z")

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> [@k9bfriender](#):
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> I mean, that’s $2400, and that’ll last _me_ just fine for at least 3 months.

Didn’t you write this just last year?

> [@Why not raise the minimum wage with local ordinances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-raise-the-minimum-wage-with-local-ordinances/941477/58):
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> > [@Why not raise the minimum wage with local ordinances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-raise-the-minimum-wage-with-local-ordinances/941477/55):
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> > $4.00/hr goes to rent. ($693.20/mo or ~$22.79/day)
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> Maybe, if you have a roommate. But even then, that’s stretching it a bit. Cheapest 2 bed around here is a bit over 1200 a month, and it’s in a sketchy part of town.
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> > [@Why not raise the minimum wage with local ordinances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-raise-the-minimum-wage-with-local-ordinances/941477/55):
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> > $3.75/hr goes to food. (~$650/mo or ~$21.36/day)
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> I can make that work, but I don’t eat out. If I lived in a cheap apartment, not near a store, and I see that you didn’t budget for a car or transportation, then cooking is problematic.
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> > [@Why not raise the minimum wage with local ordinances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-raise-the-minimum-wage-with-local-ordinances/941477/55):
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> > $0.87/mo goes to utilities. (~$150/mo)
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> Maybe covers electricity. Probably not internet, probably not phone, even a cheap one.

$693.20 + $650.00 + $150.00 = $1,493.20 / mo, which you acknowledged was _barely_ liveable if even that. You laughed at me then. 😜 How can you now claim to be able to live on $2,400 - less than twice that amount - for three months?

~Max

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