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In reply to the discussion: McDonalds Tells Workers To Budget By Getting A Second Job And Turning Off Their Heat [View all]Ilsa
(61,694 posts)15. This has to be a 60 hours of work, minimum, per week.
Savings? Not going to happen.
This budget is absurd.
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Catherina
Jul 2013
OP
I have a pension, the last of the tier ones and I pay 40$ a month for dental and optical and nothing
roguevalley
Jul 2013
#29
I know a lady who with her jobs works 20 hours a day. She is almost always asleep working when I
roguevalley
Jul 2013
#30
I wonder when we'll have a proposal for a law that discourages hiring people part time.
Shrike47
Jul 2013
#4
That's a huge part of the problem. Note how the suggested budget just assumes multiple jobs!
reformist2
Jul 2013
#111
The contempt for the poor that these companies have is...astonishing.
Hong Kong Cavalier
Jul 2013
#13
Their employees are just bodies taking up space, or worse yet, having to pay a person
Boomerproud
Jul 2013
#104
That barrel in your backyard full of burning wood you found in the alley is free
thelordofhell
Jul 2013
#63
If they're like Walmart, they probably assume their workers will go on government assistance.
nyquil_man
Jul 2013
#18
“You can have almost anything you want as long as you plan ahead and save for it.”
BlueJazz
Jul 2013
#23
So I guess "monthly spending money" includes daycare, groceries, vacations (ha!), pet care, etc.
klook
Jul 2013
#31
I suppose it is technically possible, but it would have to be in a very small community, and there
madinmaryland
Jul 2013
#32
Or you COULD, and I'm just dart-throwing here . . . PAY YOUR WORKERS MORE.
HughBeaumont
Jul 2013
#61
You may not need heating because of the insulating layer you may develop? (NT)
Heywood J
Jul 2013
#72
I guess I'm the only one who clicked on the link, but why do they have to lie Catherina
snooper2
Jul 2013
#80
Because they didn't. They updated the English one and still haven't corrected the Spanish one
Catherina
Jul 2013
#85
“You can have almost anything you want as long as you plan ahead and save for it.”
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#87
Did I miss the line for "Food"? I've read through it 3 times.Or is food under "Other" at $100/month?
Hekate
Jul 2013
#89
Hey, just start your own business. Borrow money from your parents if you have to.
tclambert
Jul 2013
#96