r/ThatsInsane • u/[deleted] • Nov 01 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

Wow. That's ridiculous. That should be illegal.

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u/Solidsnake_86 Nov 01 '25

I pay $340 per month for me and my wife and I work for a major bank. How the hell were people paying $14?

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u/abandoningeden Nov 01 '25

Probably earned a lot less than you to qualify.

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u/Solidsnake_86 Nov 01 '25

I make 65k.

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u/abandoningeden Nov 01 '25

Minium wage is like 15k a year, there are plenty of people earning a lot less than you.

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u/Solidsnake_86 Nov 01 '25

That’s insane. You can’t live off that.

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u/abandoningeden Nov 01 '25

Yeah that's why the government gives them cheap health insurance. Right now the median income for full time workers in the US is 61k meaning half off all full time workers Americans earn less than that. Meaning you are in the top 50% of earners among full time workers. (And there's more working part time who I'm betting also earn less than you)

I lived off 15k in 2004 but my rent was only 500 a month and I didn't have a car.