>>>>>>I think it's a pretty strong statement to say there are no poor in America. Aren't something like 12% of Americans living below the poverty line? That is the government's own measure of what it takes to provide the basic necessities like food, shelter, clothing, and utilities.
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>>>>>In one of the presidential election ads I saw today, I learned that 42,000/yr is considered middle income. Really? I would think 50,000 or so would be considered middle income. I guess I'm out of touch. The average income in my city is 38,000/yr so I guess that must be middle income here.
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>>>>And the minimal wage should be $19 to be on the same level as when it was previously set, years ago. And today's minimal wage puts one squarely below poverty level - just multiply $6.25 with 2050 (work hours in a year) and you get 12812.50.
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>>>Is is called "Minimal" or "minimum" over there. My wage has been OK but, can think of it as minimal, compared to my perceived worth.
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>>>Like you can have an optimum temperature to keep food, or brightness at which to read from a lamp, but when, say, camping, and having to conserve electricity/battery power, and given the ambient temp. (or light level of the sky), there is an optimal temp to keep your fridge/brightness setting of the lamp.
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>>minimum wage... the relevant definition is A lower limit permitted by law or other authority...
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>Sure, I know the difference, as explained above, and what it's called here. Just didn't seem the kind of mistake (twice) that Dragan (spelling-B) Negllebegglewitch would make.

How did I miss that?!!!! :o) Sheesh. Of course. He must be napping today... :o) Or pulling our leg...