I'm always amused by people who think it is not possibal to live on minimun wage. I know people who while working minimun wage put themselves through school, and fed their wife/kid. I'm thinking of one person in particualar who didn't get goverment subsities (too proud) and didn't belive in women working outside the home. He did it, so I know it is possibal. There are many things that most of us consider needs that are wants, TV, mudcat, music (other then a cheep raido, or insterments you got as a gift), cars, restaruants, etc. Note that I'm not suggesting that I would want to live on mininmun wage, it isn't easy. Doable is very different from something you want to do. BTW, most people with family are not making minimun wage anyway, (remember to count tips) there are jobs out there for the unskilled laborer that pay 8-12 an hour, if you are not too proud to clean a floor.