That's from when McDonald's made a budget for their workers. They first assumed you had two jobs. And that with prices that were too low for a decade ago when this was made

[–] von@infosec.pub 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or just get a perfectly normal, average salary, like this single parent with 2 children the wallstreetjournal posted about in that same year:

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One hundred and eighty thousand a year from investments alone?!

I would love to see the average salary of the people who came up with this helpful picture.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If I had to guess it would be well over $500,000 because they think $260,000 and $180,000 isn't much money.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

"What do you mean, not everyone gets gifted a lithium mine for their 21st birthday?"

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