Let's talk about what $1200 checks can teach us....

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0	Well, howdy there internet people, it's a bow gun.
0:04.0	So today we're going to talk about that stimulus check.
0:08.0	1200 bucks.
0:10.0	See, I think I know where they came up with that number.
0:19.0	They were worried about giving out too much money.
0:24.0	Don't want to make the commoners lazy and all. So they were worried about that.
0:26.0	So $1,200.
0:28.0	And when you talk to people about that $1,200, you mainly get two reactions.
0:35.0	You get one that is $1,200.
0:38.0	And you get one that's $1,200?
0:41.0	You can't survive on that.
0:42.0	You can't feed your family on that. I feel you.
0:47.0	I feel you.
0:48.0	Minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 an hour. That's the federal minimum wage.
1:00.2	At that level, working 40 hours a week.
1:04.0	What do you make a month?
1:07.0	1,160 bucks.
1:10.0	Before taxes.
1:17.0	Can't survive on that. Can't feed your family on that.
1:19.0	I fail you.
1:22.0	It is hard to get people to care about minimum wage workers for two reasons,
1:28.5	three really. The first is that it's a small percentage of people who make exactly minimum wage.
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