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Yahoo Article: $50k = Minimum Wage?

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OneBuckeye

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Nov 15, 2011 8:16 AM
The comments are classic.
I thought she was an idiot then realized I was for reading this.
I propose an alternate title for the article: "When I Realized I Needed a Budget."
Vacations, massages, and pigging out all day, are not job expenses.
Nov 15, 2011 8:16am
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darbypitcher22

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Nov 15, 2011 8:20 AM
She totally got ripped in the comments section... I remember reading this article yesterday thinking she needs a course in money management
Nov 15, 2011 8:20am
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dave

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Nov 15, 2011 8:23 AM
Only having a 40 hour work week and complaining, she must be in a union.
Nov 15, 2011 8:23am
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gorocks99

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Nov 15, 2011 8:27 AM
lol, has to be satire. lawn mower, massages, nails and hair getting done? gtfo.
Nov 15, 2011 8:27am
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justincredible

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Nov 15, 2011 8:38 AM
Kill. Her. All.
Nov 15, 2011 8:38am
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Iliketurtles

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Nov 15, 2011 9:01 AM
I thought she was an idiot then realized I was for reading this.
Haha that is exactly how I felt.
Nov 15, 2011 9:01am
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georgemc80

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Nov 15, 2011 9:03 AM
Has to be satire, but I don't see the punch line. I get her point, but her material is insulting to anyone working hard just to make ends meet. The only reasonable expenses I saw were commuting and daycare.
Nov 15, 2011 9:03am
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Iliketurtles

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Nov 15, 2011 9:31 AM
georgemc80;973578 wrote:Has to be satire, but I don't see the punch line. I get her point, but her material is insulting to anyone working hard just to make ends meet. The only reasonable expenses I saw were commuting and daycare.
The only point I got out of it is that she a fucking moron. And I don't consider commuting or daycare reasonable expenses. If you don't want to commute get a place closer to work. If you don't want to pay daycare don't have a kid.
Nov 15, 2011 9:31am
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georgemc80

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Nov 15, 2011 9:53 AM
Be that as it may, daycare is a legitimate expense to be considered when making a career choice. Fuel and scheduled up keep as well as depreciation of your vehicle are also expenses that should be considered.

Point being, if those two don't make your job worth it, changes need to be made. Complaining or writing a yahoo blog don't help it.
Nov 15, 2011 9:53am
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iclfan2

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Nov 15, 2011 8:11 PM
I read it, who the hell would print that online. Morons. Is $50k that much anymore? No. But you don't need the extra food, clothes, massages, etc that that dumb woman was doing. It is called fiscal responsibility and is the reason this entire country is screwed right now.
Nov 15, 2011 8:11pm
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ernest_t_bass

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Nov 15, 2011 8:30 PM
darbypitcher22;973543 wrote:She totally got ripped in the comments section... I remember reading this article yesterday thinking she needs a course in money management

Hay, Darby's back!
Nov 15, 2011 8:30pm
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Nov 15, 2011 8:38 PM
Ya poor thing only takes home minimum wage after all those expenses.

Now imagine people that take home minimum wage before those expenses.
Nov 15, 2011 8:38pm
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Nov 15, 2011 8:52 PM
iclfan2;974459 wrote:I read it, who the hell would print that online. Morons. Is $50k that much anymore? No. But you don't need the extra food, clothes, massages, etc that that dumb woman was doing. It is called fiscal responsibility and is the reason this entire country is screwed right now.
Mooney44Cards;974519 wrote:Ya poor thing only takes home minimum wage after all those expenses.

Now imagine people that take home minimum wage before those expenses.
Yep.
Nov 15, 2011 8:52pm
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chicago510

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Nov 15, 2011 8:56 PM
Yahoo should be embarrassed. Minimum wage isn't determined by how much you spend, GTFO bitch.

Get off the couch and fix a damn sandwich and clean the house and if you weren't so fugly some guy would spend more than 10 seconds with you and mow your lawn.
Nov 15, 2011 8:56pm
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HitsRus

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Nov 15, 2011 9:27 PM
50 grand a year buys a lot of beer!

If her point was that higher paying jobs sometimes have higher costs associated with them, I get that. Obviously, you can't go to work in a medical or attorney's office in jeans and a t-shirt. Sales jobs, the same way....you can't look dated or unprofessional and there are personal grooming/ clothing expenses associated with better paying jobs that you don't get reimbursed for. Let's face it, the high school dropout swabbing floors and cleaning toilets at the local McD's doesn't have a lot of out of pocket expenses. Moreover, he/she probably isn't paying any taxes, getting earned income credit, and maybe some government aid. Miss "$50K a year" is paying her fair share, and isn't getting any help.... so yeah, I see her point of equalization of wages. That said, she would have come off a lot better if she wasn't so whiny....and come up with some ideas on how she was mitgating these added expenses that come with a better job.
Nov 15, 2011 9:27pm