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Is there a sourcey horsey for this or just a cute meme?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmoore/2019/10/21/stock-market-crash-protection-strategies/?
https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-sample-budget-is-actually-fine-2013-7
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/07/16/that-mcdonalds-budget-people-are-making-fun-of-isnt-cruel-its-realistic/
Etc
Of course, even if the McDonald's budget may have been "realistic" in some areas 10 years ago, I don't think wages have kept up with the rise of prices for rent, groceries, etc in the intervening decade.
I call bullshit even on that.
I lived in Philadelphia around that time, and there was nowhere that you could rent a two bedroom for less than $1,600.
I wouldn't trust any of those numbers, and even if you could, it still didn't account for groceries. The budget didn't include FOOD. Did they expect employees to steal hand soap and toilet paper from their reataurants? Mustard for toothpaste?
They expect them to live on the free meal they are getting from their one of their two fast food jobs.
The first one has no relevancy, the second one fights against your point and third is behind a paywall. Etc? You got jokes huh 😝
For whose point? The person you're talking to didn't do anything but respond with links. One of those links corroborates the story about the budget, regardless of what rhetorical argument they're trying to make. So you got your answer, but you don't care because you're not trying to stay factual on the Internet, you're just here to be an asshole.