I can’t seem to find a job that pays more than $9 an hour. Who can live off of so little?

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Where are you looking. Most fast food places around here pay more than that.

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If you look, you will find the right job. Most of them start at 15 dollars per hour. If you have leadership skills, you can get $ 18 per hour.

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Roughly $600 (before taxes) for a full two weeks worth of labor sounds so dystopian

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Nobody who has rent, a mortgage, and/or property taxes to pay. I've got one job that if I didn't have all dead-tips shifts could get me through if I got 40 hours a week, but they won't give me that. I'm looking for a 2nd job myself, but somehow when I change jobs or add them it's a lateral move. Teenagers who've never worked before can find $15/hr base pay jobs part time and I'm in my 40s and have never made more than $14/hr in my life. Pisses me off; my home is deteriorating & I'm too broke to fix anything because I can't get enough per hour to pay basic expenses, let alone back taxes and home repairs.

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