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3:56 pm
August 30, 2013
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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I am writing a series of posts on living on minimum wage (how can people survive and how to get ahead). I can research all I can but personally I have never lived a true minimum wage life (I worked minimum wage in college but that doesn't really compare with people who work for minimum wage taking care of families). If you have lived on minimum wage, I want to talk to you and link to you.
1) If you could share some of your experiences, tips and/or answer a few short questions (all with due credit of course), I would be very thankful. You can post a response here, I will contact you with my questions (I promise it won't take more than a few minutes) or you can drop me an email wealth.informatics@gmail.com
2) If you have written about your experiences in your blog, please let me know that too, I will link to your post if it fits the subject.
Thanks a lot!
Suba
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8:23 pm
August 30, 2013
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Edward Antrobus
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Suba,
You might want to check out an online game called Spent (http://playspent.org) which simulates living in minimum wage.
Also, my brother used to work for minimum wage at a factory. If you want, I can forward the questions to him and get the answers back to you.
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12:21 pm
August 31, 2013
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Jackie
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I haven't lived on minimum wage, but I lived on below-the-poverty-line level income for 4 years. That isn't the same thing, mainly because I had a huge starting-point advantage, but if I can help feel free to email me.
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6:29 pm
August 31, 2013
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Jason@LiveRealNow
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Post edited 6:29 pm – August 31, 2013 by Jason@LiveRealNow
I grew up below the poverty line, but didn't realize it until I was an adult.
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8:50 pm
September 3, 2013
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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Thanks a lot for taking the time to help me (here and email). I really appreciate it.
Suba
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6:53 pm
September 4, 2013
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Sustainable PF
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Jason@LiveRealNow said:
I grew up below the poverty line, but didn't realize it until I was an adult.
As did I
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