Minimum wage to $9.95 in Sept.

[ZenOps]

Sure as heck beats the US @ $7.25

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/mcdonalds-minimum-wage_n_3790745.html

The one thing the Obama admin has not done, is increase minimum wage all that much.

[Modelexis]

Yeah, but it would take 45.5 hours for an American at min. wage to afford a Kel Tec Sub2000 9mm rifle when it would take an Albertan kid working at min. wage 61.3 hours!

6 days at Mcdonalds for a pretty sweet rifle is not bad, you gotta work 2 extra days in Alberta to get that rifle.

You would have to pay the Albertan kid $13.40 to work at mcdonalds at min wage to afford the same rifle the kid in USA can afford.

[ArjayAquino]

damn rights, now I can get that new M4.

[J-D]

Originally posted by ZenOps
Sure as heck beats the US @ $7.25


I think I'd rather be making $7.25 in Montana than $9.95 in Calgary.

[schocker]

Pretty big jump from back when I started working in the days of $5.90 and that wasn't even that long ago! :eek:

[FixedGear]

I remember making $4.25/hr in high school, and that was after I had gotten a raise :rofl:

[Ven]

I remember the McDicks at Northland putting up a road side billboard in bright neon letters: $3 for part time and $4 for full time. Damn McDicks and their Styrofoam containers and wax lined cups.

[01RedDX]

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[ZenOps]

Electricity may be 39 cents per kwh in Hawaii, but noone actually works there.

Basically, Hawaii is the US welfare state.

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/it-pays-not-to-work-hawaiian-residents-receive-highest-welfare-benefits-in-us/123

[J-D]

Originally posted by 01RedDX


Why? I could see if you said something like Hawaii, but... Montana?!

I'm pretty sure I'd be homeless and taking public transit on $9.95 in Calgary. At least in Montana with the lower wage you would be able to have a place to sleep and probably a car.

[01RedDX]

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[r3ccOs]

good ole' inflation

[BigMass]

Originally posted by Ven
I remember the McDicks at Northland putting up a road side billboard in bright neon letters: $3 for part time and $4 for full time. Damn McDicks and their Styrofoam containers and wax lined cups.
yeah, I also remember when you could buy a house in Calgary for $60,000 and $1 went a long way. Wage is relative to the cost of living


Originally posted by J-D


I'm pretty sure I'd be homeless and taking public transit on $9.95 in Calgary. At least in Montana with the lower wage you would be able to have a place to sleep and probably a car.
And yes it is possible to live on 20k/year in Calgary as a single young person. You can get rooms for $600, $300 for food and another $100 for misc is only about $1000/month with about $600 left over for savings or other misc spending. With 20k/yeah you're not going to be paying any income tax and a full time job at Walmart or McDicks wil get you benefits like dental. So while it's not a beyond.ca existence, if you're a smart resourceful person you can make it work.

[FixedGear]

I believe the stipend for science graduate students at UofC is still around $21k/year, so yes it is possible to live on that amount in calgary.

[CapnCrunch]

Originally posted by J-D


I think I'd rather be making $7.25 in Montana than $9.95 in Calgary.

Have you been to Montana? :rofl:

[ercchry]

Originally posted by FixedGear
I remember making $4.25/hr in high school, and that was after I had gotten a raise :rofl:

i remember being so excited back in grade 10 when i got a $0.25/hr raise... only to find out that the minimum rate increased $0.50... which put me right at minimum :cry:

[Anomaly]

Originally posted by J-D


I think I'd rather be making $7.25 in Montana than $9.95 in Calgary.

Until you got sick...

[clem24]

Originally posted by ZenOps
Electricity may be 39 cents per kwh in Hawaii, but noone actually works there.

Basically, Hawaii is the US welfare state.

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/it-pays-not-to-work-hawaiian-residents-receive-highest-welfare-benefits-in-us/123

Wow $60k equivalent is pretty decent considering it's definitely way more than you can make working menial jobs. I've said it before and I'll say again: fighting poverty and equality to all... Leads to this.

[Mitsu3000gt]

So you can make $49,175/yr on welfare in Hawaii? You can live there EXTREMELY cheaply. No wonder nobody wants to work there haha, there's very little incentive. I don't like that at all - I think people should be heavily incentivised to not be leeches.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by ArjayAquino
damn rights, now I can get that new M4.

But M3 would be much more collectible and better value!
http://cobratoys.com.au/blog/wp-content/gallery/diecast-matchbox/dscf2965.jpg

[Doozer]

Originally posted by BigMass
if you're a smart resourceful person you can make it work.
Ha, if you're a smart, resourceful person, you're probably not in that situation to begin with. :D

[Maybelater]

Originally posted by Doozer

Ha, if you're a smart, resourceful person, you're probably not in that situation to begin with. :D

True enough. I can't imagine any real good reason why anyone would be making min.wage in Alberta.