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I am looking at context, and Kerre provided nothing to indicate a context of family.

"There was a time I was in a low-wage job and not able to pay all my bills on time,..."

She considers that $15 per hour is sufficiently little as to be classed, almost dismissed, as a low-paying job. Period. I'm disagreeing.

I agree that $15/hour is not going to keep a family in an sort of luxury, which depending on how you're arguing can be either why or because 2 incomes have become the norm. But that's actually irrelevant.

BTW a quick visit to the calculator at ird.govt.nz indicates that the minimum wage is $21,420 after tax, for a 40 hour week. You're $580/year up (slightly more than the Independent earner tax credit of $520) :) .