Virtually no one who works jobs at $10 an hour works full time reliably. These aren't career-style 9-5 regular positions, they're ad-hoc shift work. At best, someone like this works several part time jobs whose hours add up to 40/week on average. In general people in this income bracket end up hopping between jobs and dealing with dry spells where they can't find work. Which is what the linked article is about.
Your numbers are frankly just delusional. I mean, yes, if we had a program that could actually guarantee a regular $400/week income to someone, they could live on that reasonably comfortably in most of the US. But just "having a job" doesn't qualify, not remotely.
Not only that, but these jobs have no benefits. The person subject to this needs to pay out of pocket for insurance (Obamacare helped a little, but it is still an added cost). It is basically indented servitude, and if the person is not willing to do this he/she may end up homeless or in jail for some stupid reason.
Virtually no one who works jobs at $10 an hour works full time reliably. These aren't career-style 9-5 regular positions, they're ad-hoc shift work. At best, someone like this works several part time jobs whose hours add up to 40/week on average. In general people in this income bracket end up hopping between jobs and dealing with dry spells where they can't find work. Which is what the linked article is about.
Your numbers are frankly just delusional. I mean, yes, if we had a program that could actually guarantee a regular $400/week income to someone, they could live on that reasonably comfortably in most of the US. But just "having a job" doesn't qualify, not remotely.