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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
One thing I find interesting about how living wage is calculated is the assumption that the typical person lives alone. I know the number of single individual households have been increasing in recent years, but they’re still nowhere near a majority.
From when I moved out at 20 and moved in with my now wife at 29 I had roommates. So did virtually all of my friends and co-workers. We worked in food services, retail, in construction, and having roommates was how you managed to not spend everything on food, rent and utilities, and student loans. Living solo was a rare luxury.
So when did the floor get raised to earning enough to live on your own?
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When did 'there are no jobs available so I need UBI' become acceptable despite the fact that there are literally thousands of jobs available?
Probably around the same time the goalposts on acceptable living arrangements got moved from roommates to I want my own digs cause I'm special.