Uhm have you done the math on what it takes to survive off the US minimum wage on any of the US Coasts?

It ain't all that different in relative terms.

US = Third World Country

in that (and many other) respects.

+++ Rick ---


>>$3000 in a third world countries is too big because the cost of living is very low. In the U.S. for instance, a coffee worth $6 is only $1.8 here or PHP80. Our minimum pay here is US$8 a day but 1 liter of gasoline here is only US$.80.
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>Ok, gas here is about $3/gallon, but I would never work for $30/day. There must be more to it. $8/day just can't be enough to live on, but obviously it is. That coffee would be almost 1/4 of the daily wage. That better be one helluva a cup of coffee if I'm going to shell out almost $100 dollars for it! But I do realize that $8 is the minimum, not what a developer might make. Still...