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To: Elroy who wrote (286357)	5/4/2006 11:49:55 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574001

And then there are the lower middle class and poor Americans who got aced out of a job at your complex because they demand a living wage [for CA] of $15 per hour. $15 per hour is the "living wage"? At that rate if they work a 10 hour day that's $150 per day, and at 6 days per week $900 per week, and four weeks per month $3,600 per month. Damn! The median price for a house in LA is $500K; in SFO, $700K. The average price for a two bedroom apt is $1200; 1900 in SFO. According to federal guidelines, people should never pay more than a 1/3 of their income for rent. You do the math. In CA, $15 per hour is a living wage.....barely. People out here start at $200 per month plus food and shared accomodation, 6 days a week, 9-10 hours per day. Your California living wage is 18x their salary. That's amazing. Cost of living here is probably ~60%-70% of what it is in California. And I bet rent is at least 18 times what they pay in your part of the world. And you may not believe it, but there are tons of "illegal tourists" here from India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Philippines/etc looking for those jobs, and having trouble finding them. I believe it.....the poverty in those countries is oppressive. Why do you think I complain about all the money being spent on the Iraq war to make bombs and kill people? I am not blowing smoke nor am I trying to be partisan when I said the money would be better spent working to create economic growth in poorer nations. There is a serious problem developing with the huge gap growing between the haves and the have nots in this world. Unfortunately, America's leadership is not very far sighted.