Health & Fitness
Senator Bradley, Let’s See How You Would Do On $290 A Week
The NH Senate kills another minimum wage bill that would start the process of increasing the wages of NH low wage workers. I challenge Sen Bradley to live on $290 a month.
New Hampshire does not have the highest cost of living in the 50 United States; however, our cost of living is not cheap by any means. For those who work in low wage jobs, the cost of living adds immense pain on their wallets.
Right now, New Hampshire uses the federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. That equates to roughly $290 dollars a week and $15,080 per year before taxes. Not exactly "serious coin".
For those who live in New Hampshire and work in these minimum wage jobs, housing is their biggest expense. At minimum wage, a worker would have to work a whopping 106 hours per week just to afford a two bedroom apartment. Even if two people are living together they would still need to have two jobs each just to afford their apartment.
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That is why I am absolutely disgusted at the NH Senators -- particularly Senator Jeb Bradley -- who voted to kill the bill that would have restored the NH minimum wage law.
