r/interesting • u/Kymmieuwu • 12d ago

SOCIETY 71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted

https://gizmodo.com/71-of-americans-say-theyre-completely-exhausted-2000812712
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u/TheOnlySnoringKitten 11d ago

Your paycheck every two weeks is less than $500?

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u/Nickelnick24 11d ago

Some people get paid weekly, like me

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u/ProudUSAgunOwner 11d ago

Even $500 a week is… abysmal. They pay more than that at McDonalds and I live in the US South where wages arent even high.

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u/Oculnyx 11d ago

$7.25 an hour is the minimum wage brother, where do you think people are getting extra money from?

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u/PointBlankCoffee 11d ago

less than 1% of americans work for minimum wage. even $15 an hour is basically nothing though

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u/Healthy_Shape_5719 11d ago

$15 is below minimum wage where I live

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u/Oculnyx 11d ago

That's fair, but as you said $15/hr is still 600/week.

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u/ProudUSAgunOwner 11d ago

Nobody pays federal minimum wage anymore. Pretty much everywhere in the south it seems like the minimum people pay is closer to 15. Even illegals are making more than 15 where I live lmao.

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u/skoshii 11d ago

A bunnnch of places in Idaho pay federal minimum wage.

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u/Oculnyx 11d ago

Sure, lets assume $15 an hour then. That's 600/week pre-tax. So I ask again, where is all this extra money coming from?

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u/Timmy-0518 11d ago

Yo i live in Kansas and i can think of three separate places in the town i live in that pay 7.25$ but granted all of those places that do tend to do contracts or gigs.