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Originally Posted by Saya
You idiot, the article says $12.50 a day is whats needed for a family of three to make ends meet.
And the Canadian dollar wasn't worth half, it was worth 65 cents American in 99, and that goes up and down every year. And if the cost of living is comparable in both countries, it does seem the minimal wage in the US is unlivable. Here its 10 dollars an hour, and I pay less in rent than what some American gnetters say they pay.
Also, it still doesn't make it okay for the US to compromise a nation's autonomy just for the sake of being able to pay a slave wage, don't say they had Haitian's best interests at heart, its for profit's sake.
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You are aware America doesn't have a living wage? Working for minimum wage in America won't even pay for your rent, much less support a family of three. Shouldn't Americans be fighting for their own living wage before they start going after other countries and criticizing them for not doing something they themselves are not doing?
It's hard for America to tell any country they need to raise their minimum wage when it is such a huge issue in their own country.