From Detroit to DC

$8 or $9? they’re being kind…  i made $7.50 this summer slinging shoes. thank goodness i didn’t have kids and only two bills. and that was above minimum wage. 

buttahlove:

thepoliticalnotebook:

Could you live on $8 or $9 dollars an hour? A new computer game made by the Urban Ministries of Durham in North Carolina and an advertising firm called McKinney lets you play out life with a low-wage job as a single mom. The objective is to make it a month, juggling getting a job, rent, a place to live, food and coping with the costs of repairs, things for your child, insurance, etc.. Actually a very hard game to play and full of reminders of the difficulties of life on that kind of salary.

Play the game.

*Currently “playing”*
This game is no joke, mayne!

(via justcallmepb)