If you were handed $1,100 a month, why would I need to amount to anything? (employment, salaries)

[Old Gringo]

Well, gimme the $1100/month for a few years and call it an experiment.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Well, gimme the $1100/month for a few years and call it an experiment.

85% of that would go to my apartment rent. I would still need a job

[functionofx]

1,100 a month wouldn't pay my property taxes.

[Old Town FFX]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Well, gimme the $1100/month for a few years and call it an experiment.

Where can you live for $1,100 a month?

Don't you think if that place became a destination for folks wanting to live on $1,100 a month, it would soon NOT be $1,100 a month to live?

Do you think places where you can live off of $1100 a month will offer competitive salaries, prices for goods would stay the same and all would be well in the land of $1,100 a month handed income?

Regardless of income, one should want to amount to something, I would think. I would say it is harder to break the chain of poverty than it is to be a layabout trust fund kid.

[Hesychios]

Originally Posted by functionofx

1,100 a month wouldn't pay my property taxes.

Mine just barely ...

[greywar]

Because $1,100 a month is enough to survive on, not enough to actually enjoy life for most people.

[Mathguy]

I think several posters to this thread may not have the diversity of cultural experience to recognize how people could live with this lifestyle.

Especially when you factor in that they'd work a little part time or some cash jobs or sell pot on the side.

You'd see a surge in x-box playing time though.

[MetroWord]

Good god! Who the hell thinks $1,100 a month gives any kind of quality living?

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Well, gimme the $1100/month for a few years and call it an experiment.

Gimme the $1100.month, I rent 400 sq ft of space (upgrading from 100 sq ft), more space at home allows me to ditch rented storage unit, now I can sell online full time, earn 3x current income.

At the end of the experiment, all nonproductive slackers lose all handouts including food stamps, etc.

[Colorado Rambler]

You can't live on $1100/mo - or if you do, it's at a miserable subsistence level. The vast majority of people will always want the better income and a better quality of life that comes from gainful employment. But - hey! If you want to be handed $1100/mo so that I can amount to anything, that works for me!