Florida Lawmaker's bill to halve min.wage for tipped workers

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Sydney isn't a very good example since it is apparently one of the top three most expensive places to live in the world (meaning that two of Tokyo, New York, London and Paris are cheaper than Sydney... ). With that said, you're looking at $175-200 per week for most one-bedroom places that are not located in the CBD, with some much higher, but not many very much lower. This is as a result of price rises over the last five years, though. I have been living in a very large one-bedroom apartment in an excellent neighbourhood near the University of Wollongong since 2004 and I pay $130 per week, when I moved in the rent was only $110 and the first rise was in 2008. This is a private rental property, too. Since I have a few ASD issues living where I am, I have periodically looked at other properties but cannot find anything in my city that is below $150... and that's for a single room in student share houses or for the smallest of bedsitters (in fact, there is a former hotel that is now a(n awful) bedsitter complex not too far from me and it costs $200 per week to live in a box that is smaller than my living room).

It should also be pointed out that welfare recipients in Australia have a base income of half the Adult Minimum Wage with housing subsidies (of up to $120 per fornight IIRC) and a few other things added on top. When I was last on the dole, in 2005, I was getting around $400 cash per fortnight after my rent and electricity was deducted from my payment. Basically, even someone receiving social security benefits in Australia has a much higher income than some full-time workers in the US.

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i sure wish i could emmigrate to someplace like canada or australia/NZ, but they aren't interested in assimilating yanks unless they have lots of money or blood relations or an advanced university degree which would be useful for them. no average people need apply, which is ironic because those places are the most friendly to average folk like me. america [land of the greed, home of the slave] is a sad place for average people nowadays, and steadily getting worse. if sanctimonious ooze wins this november, all bets are off.

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thanx for that link, jojo
bookmarked for when i have all my ducks in a row.

All Lawmakers work for tips, that they do not have to declare as income or pay Social Security on. Bet they got some big tips on this.