Living from Paycheck to Paycheck: An American Reality
In the documentary short, 30 Days: On Minimum Wage, Morgan Spurlock and his fiancé explore the possibility of being able to survive for 30 days working only at jobs that pay minimum wage He and his fiancé relocate to Columbus, Ohio with each of them having only one week’s pay on minimum wage. Upon arriving in Ohio, they have to find a place to live and obtain employment. Their experiences take a deeper look into the lives of the working poor. While this experiment is still over 10 years old, the problem still exists today.
First, how many individuals find themselves in the same situation? In the film, Spurlock and finance assumed the role of two individuals who only had a duffle bag of clothes and “$356 dollars in total as their starting …show more content…
This ironic or timely medical situation further echoes their concern over low wages and the ability to have to pay medical bills. Upon receiving the bill, Spurlock states, “I can't imagine how people pay this stuff off, making as little as we do” (Spurlock). Health care is a different issue altogether; however, they did a good job on showing the struggles of health care for people with no insurance, but even with insurance one would have to pay lots of money unexpectedly. Health care is hard for a lot of people. That is what makes it a bigger issue that is still not solved today The documentary explores the lack of joyful living while living on minimum wage. To live on minimum wage one must sacrifice but that should be encouragement to change and try to improve. The couple ate cheaply and arguments occurred over spending money on things that were not needed. Living with just the bare necessities results in stress and frustration as echoed by the couple arguing of money spent on soda at the movies and doughnut while she walked to work as to not spend extra money on a
In the documentary short, 30 Days: On Minimum Wage, Morgan Spurlock and his fiancé explore the possibility of being able to survive for 30 days working only at jobs that pay minimum wage He and his fiancé relocate to Columbus, Ohio with each of them having only one week’s pay on minimum wage. Upon arriving in Ohio, they have to find a place to live and obtain employment. Their experiences take a deeper look into the lives of the working poor. While this experiment is still over 10 years old, the problem still exists today.
First, how many individuals find themselves in the same situation? In the film, Spurlock and finance assumed the role of two individuals who only had a duffle bag of clothes and “$356 dollars in total as their starting …show more content…
This ironic or timely medical situation further echoes their concern over low wages and the ability to have to pay medical bills. Upon receiving the bill, Spurlock states, “I can't imagine how people pay this stuff off, making as little as we do” (Spurlock). Health care is a different issue altogether; however, they did a good job on showing the struggles of health care for people with no insurance, but even with insurance one would have to pay lots of money unexpectedly. Health care is hard for a lot of people. That is what makes it a bigger issue that is still not solved today The documentary explores the lack of joyful living while living on minimum wage. To live on minimum wage one must sacrifice but that should be encouragement to change and try to improve. The couple ate cheaply and arguments occurred over spending money on things that were not needed. Living with just the bare necessities results in stress and frustration as echoed by the couple arguing of money spent on soda at the movies and doughnut while she walked to work as to not spend extra money on a