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Thread ID: 129509 2013-02-25 23:37:00 Minimum wage rise - thnak goodness it was ony 25cents Digby (677) PC World Chat
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1330171 2013-02-28 09:19:00 With respect, anyone who is on the bones of their arse and struggling making ends meet, does NOT need SkyTV.two income family here and we had to decide between sky and Internet a few years ago. plod (107)
1330172 2013-02-28 09:20:00 16 x 40 (hours) = 640 (less tax @ say 30%) = 448 - which works out to about 1.5 x 300....so more then the min wage. plod (107)
1330173 2013-02-28 09:46:00 so more then the min wage.

huh?!
Chilling_Silence (9)
1330174 2013-02-28 10:00:00 Um PCtek said they are working


Don't be so bloody smug. Mr White working male with wife.
Two of them are brown, 2 of them haven't got jobs.
You think landlords are lining up to take them on? They try, they fail.


Nope, she didn't.
DeSade (984)
1330175 2013-02-28 17:49:00 huh?!you were busy telling us how your family survived on one income, while your father retrained. just saying the $16 hour it worked out to be is a lot more then the min wage plod (107)
1330176 2013-02-28 18:41:00 you were busy telling us how your family survived on one income, while your father retrained. just saying the $16 hour it worked out to be is a lot more then the min wage

Must say, that bit confused me too... I had figured it was a typo but if there's another explanation, all ears :P
inphinity (7274)
1330177 2013-02-28 19:26:00 Yeah I don't see how surviving on like $300 equates to the same as somebody being on $16 an hour for 40 hours per week? Then again I *have* just woken up, but I'm confused here :-/ Chilling_Silence (9)
1330178 2013-02-28 19:53:00 Even by my standards this forum is becoming right wing in the extreme, one of the reasons I don't post as much as I used too. And I certainly don't consider myself a lefty or a greeny

You sir are a serious leftie.

Take the time that you are off here to consider ypur position.
Cicero (40)
1330179 2013-02-28 21:44:00 Even by my standards this forum is becoming right wing in the extreme, one of the reasons I don't post as much as I used too. And I certainly don't consider myself a lefty or a greeny
I beg to differ, your caustic comments about our PM The Honourable John Key and the National party could easily put you in the lefty camp.
prefect (6291)
1330180 2013-02-28 22:09:00 When I first graduated in business I was maybe a bit of a balance-right side ... I think it's reality that after retraining some just don't get the fruits. Some have gotten PR in NZ after studying here, worked as a kitchen hand, then back overseas. Some worked in call centre and pretty much stayed in that line of work or moved into processing or became a trainer. One of them got a family now and have accepted it. One got half a PhD, now just worked for a international school in teaching for maybe 38k prob now for 10yrs. There's ways to boost the money - they take in one or two boarders...Live in a large household. Live a simple life. Very little outings. Not necessarily a ghetto feeling. Nomad (952)
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