Isn't it NICE!

Undertoad · 01-19-2011, 11:12 PM

Well the original graph is gone, because it was originally constructed for the website of a local community weekly, but here it is:

First thing I notice is the minimum wage earner paid $1,225 in Federal income taxes and somehow got a tax credit of $5,020. Obviously that won't happen.

Second thing I notice is this huge number ($16,500) for Medicaid and CHIP. I'm going to go ahead and guess that this is the dues paid, not the amount of services delivered. I'm also going to go ahead and guess that the $60K worker gets health benefits on the job and this was not calculated into the table.

There ya go Flint, I've removed $20K from the minimum wage earner and now they make half what the $60K worker makes. And not only that: a majority of the rest of their spending is strictly dictated on the shittiest possible housing and $500/month of food.

01-19-2011, 11:12 PM	#20
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well the original graph is gone, because it was originally constructed for the website of a local community weekly, but here it is: First thing I notice is the minimum wage earner paid $1,225 in Federal income taxes and somehow got a tax credit of $5,020. Obviously that won't happen. Second thing I notice is this huge number ($16,500) for Medicaid and CHIP. I'm going to go ahead and guess that this is the dues paid, not the amount of services delivered. I'm also going to go ahead and guess that the $60K worker gets health benefits on the job and this was not calculated into the table. There ya go Flint, I've removed $20K from the minimum wage earner and now they make half what the $60K worker makes. And not only that: a majority of the rest of their spending is strictly dictated on the shittiest possible housing and $500/month of food.

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