14th March 2007, 09:26 AM
Depends which country you are in...
As a person who has worked in Countries such as Iraq, Turkministan, India etc... a dollar a day can actually mean you can survive.. a dollar a day here... you can't.
Median earnings of full-time male employees was £487 per week in April 2006; for women the median was £387. You compared to the average... no we are not well off... we are not on starvation line.. (well sometimes ... have you ever eaten food off someone elses table? or Slept in doorways?)
It was more a turn of phrase relating to people working a hard day (in the UK) and getting a fair wage... not a massive overinflated wage... but a fair wage...
Poverty takes many forms... in this country it can be not having the ability to have a mortgage.. or run a car... or have children or .....
It all depends... The poverty you describe is indeed terrible poverty... and the rates you describe are not bad at all...(for now) but does that hypothitical situation last for ever... or is it temporary.. and then the worker is left to find more work...the savings made before now dwindling to nothing.
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
As a person who has worked in Countries such as Iraq, Turkministan, India etc... a dollar a day can actually mean you can survive.. a dollar a day here... you can't.
Median earnings of full-time male employees was £487 per week in April 2006; for women the median was £387. You compared to the average... no we are not well off... we are not on starvation line.. (well sometimes ... have you ever eaten food off someone elses table? or Slept in doorways?)
It was more a turn of phrase relating to people working a hard day (in the UK) and getting a fair wage... not a massive overinflated wage... but a fair wage...
Poverty takes many forms... in this country it can be not having the ability to have a mortgage.. or run a car... or have children or .....
It all depends... The poverty you describe is indeed terrible poverty... and the rates you describe are not bad at all...(for now) but does that hypothitical situation last for ever... or is it temporary.. and then the worker is left to find more work...the savings made before now dwindling to nothing.
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu