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To: Alighieri who wrote (688009)	12/13/2012 12:58:31 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1575429

>> Meanwhile this guy is working his ass off, as you say, for 8.25/hour...do you think he needs a little help? I would very much hesitate to make such a judgment based on a news article such as this; the article raises more questions than it provides answers for. How much free stuff is he getting? He worked 64 hours over two weeks. Is that in fact typical? While there isn't really enough information to know for sure, one can estimate that he has worked perhaps 400 fewer hours to date than a normal 40 hour/week person should have worked. Why? Has he tried to find better work? Someone with long term stability, even at McD's, should be able to find something paying a little more than 8.25/hour. Why is he still at McD's if he isn't happy with the pay? If I were working somewhere and wasn't being paid enough, I think I'd have, over the course of 20 years, at least looked for something else. 20 years ago we were headed into the Clinton boom economy. He couldn't find something better THEN? I'm sorry, but I don't just assume there isn't more to this story. Those at the very low end of the pay scale may need help sometimes; but many of them could help themselves and choose not to do so. I have no way of knowing which category this guy falls into. You don't, either.