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As for what people are entitled to -- I think that if people work a full-time job, they are entitled (yes, entitled) to have enough money to pay for

1. food
2. shelter
3. health care
4. transportation to their job
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Would bare minimums be enough for you to be satisfied?
Say the wage paid for beans and rice, but there was very little wiggle room and it took some budgeting to afford any specialized dietary needs or preferences.
It paid for shelter, but for something like shared housing. You might get your own room, but you'd be sharing bathroom, kitchen.
It paid for basic health care, but nothing extra. You can get treatment for pneumonia, but if you want to eradicate that toenail fungus you're saving your pennies for quite a while.
It paid for basic transportation. You can basically drive a beater, own a bike, or take public transportation. The beater means you need to keep sneakers in the back because it's going to break down, and affording gas is tight so you pretty much only use for work and home. The bike is a pain in bad weather and traffic, but you make enough to essentially keep it in good shape. You can afford public transportation without a problem, even for non-work-related uses, but it's going to take you 1.5 hours in each direction to make it to work.

I think if you put all those things together, you would wind up with a pretty limited life. Would a living wage that covered those be sufficient in your view?
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I don't know if it would be sufficient, but it would be better than what there is now.[/quote]

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