Comments on: Morgan Spurlock’s 30 Days – Living on Minimum Wage

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 04:35:37 +0000

most young girls don’t decide to get pregnant. some girls parents don’t explain anything to them, keep them cooped up, and then send them off to college. they get knocked up by a sweet talking guy who is 10 years their senior and he is just trying to trap her.

By: Kathar

Kathar — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:45:32 +0000

Don’t be so hard on Spurlock, I just found myself having the same arm injury he had, and I am searching the net trying to find out what it was exactly (I too lack health insurance, age 28). And it is painful, it doesn’t keep me from work, but it does cut my productivity time in half, making me a not very good employee. And I am not a puss, this is one of those annoying injuries that everytime you move your hand a sharp pain shoots up your arm, and having to work an 8 hr. day = 8 hrs. of sharp pain. When I first saw this I too thought Spurlock was a wimp, but now I know better. (but I will not go to the ER for a bandage, thanks for the heads up “30 days.”)

By: john

john — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:06:55 +0000

do a 30 day with a mexican illegal immigrant living in oceanside with his wife and 2 kids, working in encinitas. He gets 14 an hour under the table and his wife gets a 300 dollar food card, kids free school, wife also cleans houses, they had their children here in our hospitals at no cost, and neither pays taxes. Not so bad. Huh.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:38:40 +0000

We watched this program in my “Working with Youth” social work class as it relates to poverty. I was not shocked in the least bit, because I bear witness to this everyday, living in the inner city of Atlanta, GA. I watch youth of today try and live on $7.25 per hour and are not getting ahead. Shame on our government for allowing people to suffer and be taken advantage of by employers that are getting tax breaks and making profits at the same time.
We can do better! Write your congress person today.

By: John

John — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:03:16 +0000

Very disappointed in Morgan Spurlock and his girlfriend. It was painfully obvious that both of them haven’t a clue what real hard work entails….Going to the ER for a UTI and a sore arm??? What a JOKE! Perhaps if she actually ate something more healthy and substantial, she wouldn’t of had an infection- if he wasn’t such a puss…he could have dealt with his “owieee”. He and his uber-leftist girlfriend are completely out of touch when it comes to the “working poor.”

By: sanjosemike

sanjosemike — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:25:20 +0000

sissy, I understand how difficult it is for you to manage. The advice I suggest is not given in arrogance or unkindness.

Your English skills are very poor. Almost nobody will hire you beyond minimum wage until you can improve them.

Your inability to write in sentences will condemn you to a life of poverty. You can start by going to the library and taking out some books on writing and spelling skills. The time you spend there will reward you well beyond anything you have ever done before.

You can also enroll into a night school English class. Many local classes are free. Don’t be embarrassed by your lack of skills. You should rather be PROUD that you are doing something about it!

Good luck…and may the force of “education” be with you.

sanjosemike

By: sanjosemike

sanjosemike — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:16:55 +0000

The decisions we make between the age of 18 and 26 affect our lives severely and permanently. Unfortunately, many of us are too young and immature to understand the importance of those years. It’s so easy to throw it all away…children without any job or planning, early marriage to an idiot or abuser, no education, inability to communicate in English well or write decently, innumeracy (many still cannot make change), etc.

All of those years can be wasted, or they can mean something. Parents must understand and DIRECT their children to the fact of earning their OWN living. In Hispanic cultures, that means very hard work learning a skill that runs through the family…(constuction, concrete, painting, gardening, etc.)

Even a basic amount of training in a skill can erupt a person well beyond minimum wage, quickly. How many registered plumbers or car-repair experts live on minimum wage? An experienced wait-person working at a top-scale restaurant can make 40-50,000 year (with benefits).

None of these advantages come without planning, a marketable skill and the patience to put off having children.

Spurlock wants to blame us all for the problems of the poor and working poor. But is that really OUR fault?

sanjosemike

By: sissy

sissy — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:27:56 +0000

Here I disagree but yes I agree with the hadup method not the hand out but if lets say your a person wwho was homless trying to get back in the swing of things again. I would be so hard to find a apartment and thank god for food banks for them if not then they would be totally in trouble thatsd why maybe some of the stealing when the econeymie is rotten no jobs then the drugs come so on so fouth minamin wage is a joke to a point spiecal if there is no medical a person 40 years old is going to find it alittle harder to find a job even if they got schooling or recent train for that job who is the employer going to higher its the younger one not the 40 year old then we hgave to settle for anyjob we can get so minamin wage a hand up thing no if its for the young ones then I say yes higher for minamen wage But when you have a HUSBAND WHO HAS CANCER FROM A BRAIN TOMER THEN GOT TO SETTLE FOR MINWAGE what a fat joke this econey. is in Im that 40 year old my sister just got back on her feet but medically she got denide everyjob dr. forced her to retire now husband has cancer and sister who was homeless lives with my parents who is by standard not fit to work so to live on this minaminewage no .

By: MJ

MJ — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:45:36 +0000

Sure it would be very hard to make it on only minimum wage. However, you are not SUPPOSED to make it on minimum wage. Minimum wage is designed to get people a head start on life and work ethic, not to make a career out of. This country was founded on the concept of if you work for it, you can do anything. That may not make everyone millionaires, but I know countless people who started with nothing and worked their butts off for what they aspired. What this show proved to me was how easy it is for people to find work who actually want it. Spurlock and his girl found jobs in what, a day? And then were able to get free furniture through the gracious actions of helpful people. With a couple of better medical decisions, these people would have made it through the month fine after starting with absolutely nothing.

By: Gia

Gia — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:49:06 +0000

I live in Columbus. My husband said that they should rename this show to Let’s Show How Hard It Is. They never showed or investigated all of the programs that are available for low income people. They showed the free clinic but they never asked or showed that our hospitals have programs that forgive or discount low income patients. Not to mention, they automatically when to an ER when the girlfriend got sick which is what they think poor people do, instead of going to a doctor’s office which would cost less money. I think it would have said a lot more, if they tried applying for these programs and found that by working minimum wage they made too much money. However I suspect they would have been accepted to food pantries and many of our social programs. Also they didn’t even try to use coupons or discounts when they were shopping for food.

Also, with at least 6 colleges and universities in the city and suburbs there are A LOT of fun free things to do here than ask for a tour of the city morgue. Again, that was there to show that spoiled New Yorkers need to spend tons of money to do even the simplest of things.

One thing they did get right, is our bus service is terrible. The buses stop running after 5 pm and don’t cover the city at all.

By: sissy

sissy — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:53:08 +0000

well just living with this amount of money $50.00 a day what do you think i did all those years then had my own bussines well that went belly up now bank problems its not easy..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:57:24 +0000

yep thats bout all i have to say. ok not quite...i think its awesome... i have two jobs both minimum wage... but i am also only 17. so yeah thats interusting.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:22:31 +0000

By the way, is Mr.Spurlock aware his interests are possibly being misrepresented here? This is not his blog site, as was implied, nor is he aware, I am sure, of the lead that gives the impression it is. If I am not mistaken, I believe a legal line may have been crossed here. Rebuttal?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:37:37 +0000

To all the men going it alone: YOU GO, DUDE! This is just what we, as daddies, do. Period. It’s called: setting the bar, teaching by example, manning up, giving our kids better than we have, or had. I’ve been there, and believe me, I do know! Yeah, it’s major tough on minimum wage, but stress the positive, the love, make the very best of your time together(don’t bash the ex, the kids’ll figure it out soon enough; mine did!) Make the time you spend with your kids good. It ain’t about money; your kids just care that you give them your time! Also, Mr. Spurlock and his girl were working from the perspective of people who’d been thrown into the situation as many,many of us have; with NO advance warning on How to get by! Cut him some slack! I’ll bet no one was born with the knowledge on how to survive; it’s a learning process! My hat’s off to him! Great investigative work!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:13:13 +0000

Re.: Morgan Spurlock’s Thirty Days on Minimum Wage: To Jim Bunning, Wall Streeters, et al: Welcome to my world! Think they could make it on minimum wage? I know they couldn’t, in fact, I dare them all to try! Any takers? I thought not…”Entitled” cowards, all, who have NO RIGHT! I dare a reply! From anyone!