http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110401/ts_yblog_thelookout/future-jobs-wont-support-decent-living-standard-report
Too long? Let me sum up: Future wages won't support the minimum requirements for a decent standard of living in America.
I have two primary comments to this incredible study.
Comment One: Dear Financial Fucktards, current wages don't support minimum requirements for a decent standard of living in America.
Comment Two: O Mighty Economic Gurus,
Concerning the genesis of this statistic:
To achieve economic security, a single parent with two children needs an income of just over $30,000 a year--nearly twice the federal minimum wage--while a two-income household needs almost $68,000.
1. I don't know anyone now who could support two children on $30K a year. Where in America is that possible? Are you factoring in government support for social programs that are always being cut? Or is this an actual estimation of net (you can't possibly mean gross) earnings that make this achievable? Where is this magical place? Is gasoline not almost $4/gal there? Does a carton of milk not cost $4.75? Tell us, tell us this wondrous land, so that we may all flock to it.
2. When you make up these figures, do you take turns pulling them out of each other's asses? Or is each person responsible for extricating the tomfoolery from their own anus?
3. You do realize that if you do drugs, you are supposed to bring enough for everyone, right? So next time you decided to hit some rock and bang out some cracked out theories, make sure you mail some shit to EVERYONE. That way we can all giggle right along with you, you myopic, self indulgent, bromidic little bastards.
I'm grateful that they didn't include the study about there being no jobs at any salary for the 1) currently unemployed 2) graduating college students and 3) seniors whose retirement/social security doesn't pay the bills. Also a huge relief that the study about the soon to be unemployed wasn't included either. Yes, one moronic study was quite enough today. Well ranted my friend. Well ranted.
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But don't worry! The UN estimates that food prices will rise by 40% over the next decade worldwide. There will be suck everywhere. I'm looking into how to survive with neither money nor food. "We're all living in the Matrix" is starting to sound pretty okay.
ReplyDeleteclearly these douchenozzles don't have kids, or they have kids that are already grown up. i make over $30k a year, and there's no way i could support myself and my kid on that in california. i mean, in the places the cost of living is cheap, the wages suck. in places where the wages are better, the cost of living is too fucking high. yes, i'd like to pay $1500-$2200 for a two-bed house a good neighborhood near good schools, but that's insanity.
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ReplyDeleteMy reaction to this study was laughter, really, for all your reasons. Also, last I checked, the comments on Yahoo were amusing.