You're saying a minimum wage earner pays out roughly 45% in taxes? I find that a bit hard to believe.
anyway, $170 take home x 2 = $340 x4 weeks = $1,360. That'll get you a crap apartment and food. of course at that level the food stamps probably help a little too. It sucks no doubt about it, but it is a living wage.
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What you are talking about is slave wages.
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Not at all. Those would be slave wages if that is what they earned with no possibility for improvement. Last I checked anyone who isn't happy with their current situation is free to change it.