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Why did they break their rules + make MORE than minimum wage?

posted 13 years ago by bnvbe
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This episode was kind of bogus, because you think the entire point would be to live off of minimum wage. All they did was just live with a low paying job, but they seemed to just gloss over the fact that they actually made more. What's the point of setting the premise and making a rule to just break it immediately? Also, they gave themselves an extra week's pay by starting off with $300+. If they were going to do this, then they should have stopped getting paid the last week. Not to mention, their situation of a dual income household with no kids is the most ideal, but certainly not the norm.

If they had actually stuck to the premise, they would have faced a much harsher reality, like maybe going hungry several nights!

[–] limmitedgravity 13 years ago

I'm still wondering about that myself.

Once the show aired long ago... I just turned it off when I saw that there would be 2 people.

I wanted to see 1 person living and making $4/hr...not 2 people making $5-7 + tips + and extra job... and getting freebies from the Church.

I rewatched this entire series a month or 2 ago and found that most of the story is actualy interesting...

I think they proved their point...even making more and taking handouts, they still couldn't live decent or pay all their bills... So I eventualy accepted the show and was able to enjoy the other episodes.

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[–] jtyroler 13 years ago

They were lucky in that they lived in a city that had a 'free store' and not some podunk town without public transportation or free health clinics. They were also fortunate that Morgan was able to work more than one job at a time - many people who live on minimum wage (or low wage jobs) often cannot work more than 1 job.

One think to keep in mind though, this was done before the economic crisis of 2008 - the present.

[–] nogard64 12 years ago

EXACTLY!!!

I was thinking that myself? what happened to this country where a single person can not make a decent living working a full week on their own? WHAT HAPPENED? And I'm not talking about living the high life, I'm talking about a small apartment, being able to eat and have a car, is that too much to ask for?

Its really sad most people can not make a living wage in this country.

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[–] errant-mind 11 years ago

I think the episode was even stronger with Morgan making $7/hr. Making even more than minimum wage, and they were STILL below the poverty line, and all it takes is one unexpected expense to send a minimum wage-ish family into the red.