IF YOU MAKE MINlMUM WAGE HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD $3+ GAS PRICES?
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It's a little late to be talking about school when she needs gas tomorrow?\n\nThese people don't understand how it is... it's not always so easy to just "make more money"... hahaha... but I suspect they will learn that soon enough on their own...\n\nI don't think the government cares... so we should all vote...
395798
1.15 Euro per liter for diesel.  This comes out, if you convert it, to over $6.00/ gallon.  Don't complain!  I am in Germany.\n\nthe gas prices were artificially kept too low for too long in the US so now they are just normalizing.  If they had just been allowed to rise with all other prices, we'd be above $3 now and it would be normal.  I think at one point in the 80s it was over $2.  So really- it was just too low for too long in the US and is correcting itself now.
1120198
The minimum wage was not necessarily established with the expectation that one would have to make do living on that wage.  There are people who are actually supported by others who are happy to receive 5.25 an hour--namely but not limited to teen agers.  Others might include retired people wanting to add a little income and perhaps others with a full time job wanting to make a little extra.
722752
That is only 2 questions...lol.  It is hard to say because it depends on where you live--and with gas prices having gone up, nobody really knows what to expect.  My gas bill is approx $75 a month, right now, but where I lived last year, it was at least 220.00.  Again, it depends on what your income and expenses are.  If it is tight every month, but you want a vacation, then you have to give up on all other entertainment and save, save, save--for me, typically--i figure out what my entertainment budget is based on what is left over after everything else
1179651
doesn't really sound like you can afford car payments\nmaybe take public transportation for awhile
11708
So we can pay less then 3 dollars for a gallon of gas.  Every other nation pays twice that.  Italy is roughly 6.50 per gallon, while Japan pays about 20.00 per gallon.  If you own a car you would agree, if you own a truck with a V-8 you probably support the war.  If you own a Ferrari with a V-12 it doesnt matter anyway becasue you are rich.
546766
I drew my line at $2.00... I've already bought a motorcycle that gets 55 MPG and I ride it whenever I can (especially good for the 45 mile commute I have to make everyday... which I carpool for on days that aren't good for the bike ride)... other than that, I just try to get all my errands for the week done in one or two trips so I'm not out burning up gas all the time.
309567
If you work for a temp office, then thats how they make money.  It is all about money.  If you knew how to make that $69 an hour, then you wouldn't need your employer.  Think about that for a little while.  From your avatar, you must be in the glass business.  Start your own business.  It doesn't take a lot to do it.  Buy things as you go and if you have good credit, you could be bringing in more than $69 an hour.  I did.
445262
They are required to reimburse you for gas and parking and maybe pay for lunch while you are there.\n\nNot going to get rich, though.
61498
Unfortunately, you need to lower your standard of living. If you need a car, buy used. If you need groceries, search out B.J.s or Costco. Try the local food pantry, and don't be afraid to ask for a handout. Don't charge when you can pay cash. Don't buy when you have no cash. Don't get monthly subscriptions to ANYTHING, including magazines. Want access to a computer? Get thee to a public library, most allow access for free. The old rule in New England works well here; use it up and wear it out, make it do or do without. Follow this advice, you will make out much better. You will be amazed at just how much you can live without.
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I JUST PAID OFF MY HONDA INSIGHT.  IT HAS A 10 GALLON GAS TANK.  BUT IF BUSH'S GAS PRICES GOTO $6 A GALLON IT'S STILL GOING TO HURT TO PAY $60 EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND.
790293
It totally depends on where you're living - minimum wage is $7.75.  Take a look at the link I attached...
420882
The reason I have a problem with it is because of how quickly the price of gas has gone up. Where I live, it has nearly doubled in the last year. If I only had to worry about driving to work or running errands, or I lived in a city where walking places were an option, then it wouldn't bother me. Unfortunately, I own a small business that is based on driving. I have to fill up everyday. My clients will not pay an increase month after month just because gas prices rise. The increase would've been fine if it were more gradual. However, because I have set-priced contracts with my clients that are binding for one year at a time, I may end up having to close my business.
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yeah.. good point... but I'm in S.C. and we have one of the lowest gas taxes in the nation and we're still paying near $3 for it... I don't know how that works exactly... oh yeah, greedy oil bastards jack up the price no matter what
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Every time minimum wage has been raised in the past, the prices of everything else follows.  I'm only 27, and I remember working for $4.25 an hour.  I don't think $7 is enough to live on, but I'm not sure that even raising it to that will do any good.
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Reg; $0.12 to $0.29 from 1921 to 1934\nReg: $0.32 to $0.39 from 1935 to 1940\nReg: $0.41 to $0.52 from 1941 to 1945\nReg: $0.62 to $0.73 From 1946 to 1960\n\nthose are written facts from the dates of years given !\n2005 to 2006 up to date $2.58 to $3.25 by May 15th 2006\nby then end of the year Reg: gas will climb to $3.69 to $3.99 per Gallon and the your wages will stay the same because If you are making less than $10.00 per hour on your job you'll feel the pinch even worse, because you're working less than Mc Donald wages there by then, welcome to poverty !  Thanks President Bush !
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minimum wage has been raised from 5.15 an hour to 6.65. it will take a few years for it to get there, because they do it in yearly instalments.\n\nYou can survive on minimum wage most places in the country provided you are a family of no more than three. Or so the government tells us. that would make your yearly income around 10k. i dont know how anyone, single or otherwise can actually survive off that little money, considering the complete lack of functional health care in our country. \n\nAs world leaders we should have had this issue solved when it was on a steady rise in the 80's and 90's. Now, here we are, at war with no real health care, medicade that is impossible, walfare that does little but suck what little money workers make to pay for those who cant or wont work, and an economy that not only fails to support independant retirement, but a government that is failing to fix the social security crisis. AND all the world hates us.\n\nThe future is looking bleak my friends. We'll be lucky to survive to retirement, and if we do there wont be anything waiting there for us.\n\nBut as for your question of would i, Yes i would, because any money is better than no money, and an honest days work is still an honest days work, even if it doesnt pay for the car payment, credit card debt, rent, electric AND food. if we could live naked in a tropical region maybe THEN the governments minimum wage and lack of care for its people would be tolerable.