math for my paper

min wage 6.95 soon to be 7.15 and then 7.40
x40 hours a week
=278-tax (per week full time)
x4
=1112 dollars a month- taxes(ss)(++)


apartment= anywhere from 500(2)$-1300(4)$(rooms) based on prices seen on apartments.com
minimum 250 a person
food= 6-10 dollars a day roughly based on personal experience
* 30 days
180-300 dollars a month
average health care cost $4,024 a year for an individual (cnn money)
335 a month
average car insurance on a vehicle assuming an individual has the car in possesion already was $1,080 in 2003 says carinsurance.com
90 dollars a month


1112(minimum wage income)
-0000(tax,ss)
-300(housing)
-300(food)
-335(health)
-100(auto)
-50(entertainment)
=27$(savings)

Easter

Happy Easter everyone! hope everyone enjoyed this day. And if you are jewish i hope you enjoyed passover. and if your not well pay no attention to me.

Thesis

Despite efforts to raise minimum wage in michigan, people are still unable to provide for a family with minimum wage pay.


http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm#Michigan


http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE7DB1530F93AA15750C0A9609C8B63


http://hr.blr.com/news.aspx?id=18019

My car

Yay, so i scrapped a few parts off of my uncles car that is the same as mine and made all the repairs on my car in under 6 hours today... im proud, then i played some hockey... life is gettting better besides the cost of gas and paying to fix my car... take the bad with the good...