Stop imagining the lazy guy who wants to work as little as possible and wants to just "squeeze by" with handouts

Much more typical is the HARD WORKER who works 40+ hours per week

Why doesn't he deserve a comfortable life?

Oh y’all went on a ramble for hours, but now I’m home

He's not working any less than other people! In fact, many of those jobs are harder and require MORE work

Yea minimum wage is dumb

Alright, say something smart now.

You're religious too, so I know this is going to be Good and Smart.

Well. If you calculate your expenses per month or even per year, you’ll know what you need to be making. This is simply done with planning ahead, something that should be taught in schools. Something that I do to this day. I know how much I make minus taxes and then use that income to pay all my bills. If a citizen is struggling to make ends meet, he simply did not prepare. (Let’s excuse medical bills because that is a universal healthcare debate I’m not going to get into here.) let’s take a healthy young male today. There is no reason why that male needs to be on food stamps when he is working full time making $11 per hour. Trust me I used to be in the same position making only $8 and still had $500 a month of just throwaway money.
With this being said, you use that to move up and gain experience. If you’re still making only $11 an hour when you’re 40 years old, you didn’t prepare correctly.
***Now let’s remove minimum wage.***
Take that same male and put him in a place that pays $3 per hour.. the male says he can’t pay his bills and every employee leaves that company and works for another one that pays more. This eventually keeps going on its own until all bills can be paid for. = Unenforced minimum wages based on the household needs

Please if you’re going to respond, plan accordingly.

Where did you live, where $11 per hour was your wage, and your living conditions seemed adequate to you - with $500 of throwaway money too! What was your rent? What modern amenities did you have (TV, PC with fast internet, etc)?

Oh oops, you made $8

So tell me. And also, WHEN was this. Because inflation 😉

Texas, I was getting paid $8 per hour, and living in a studio apartment for $400 a month. I had an average honda for a car and even went to community college and paid for it. I did this for a year and a half.

And this was about 2012

So the inflation isn’t that high

11.6% to be exact

I would need to get paid $9 today to do the exact same thing

400 for rent is obscenely low for the vast majority of the country.

But okay I will ignore inflation in fact. 8 * 40 * 4 = 1280. 400 in rent, so you're left with 880

Like I said, make it based on what the household needs

But wait, what about your taxes?

Not $15 flat rate throughout the country

How much did you take home after taxes

Uhhhhhhh

Let me calc

I'm fact checking you, with your DISGUSTING 400/mo rent that isn't at all realistic unless you live in bumfuck nowhere

Nah I lived in the city

Looking up Texas studios right now.

Seeing MUCH higher prices than that

twice to three times as much

I’ll show you exactly where since you’re trying to call me out lmao

Yes of course

So maybe you got a REALLY good deal?

But planning

I just did my research

Uh huh

If everyone would be smart and do their "research", they could also get 400/mo rent in a comfortable studio in the city.

You were getting paid 8/hr though

How about 2/hr?

No minimum wage, why not?