At HK$40 per hour, the minimum wage is below the welfare payment needed for a family of two to survive, and demotivating when the city’s richest earn over 47 times more. The minimum wage must catch up with inflation and do better than welfare payments in allowing workers to support a dependent.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Modi government on unemployment, economic divide and foreign affairs in his speech during the Motion of Thanks to President's Address in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
When we start talking about money, a whole bunch of double standards start popping up. How people in authority positions treat you. What you re allowed to get away with both socially and legally. And how, suddenly, some of the things that were trashy when you re poor become classy when you re rich.
Well, it s not only us who ve noticed the trashy/classy divide and the massive shifts in our perception that happen when we become aware that someone s rich. Entrepreneur Morgan, aka Cajunventures, posted a video on TikTok asking people to share the things that are considered trashy when you re poor but classy when you re rich.