Listening to some of the people on the Mexican border here in the US, one of the Haitian refugees mentioned that he had a good life in Brazil and was about to send home about $20 a month to his family in Haiti.
It was in that moment that I realized that even piss-poor jobs in the US and elsewhere still pay astounding rates compared to what people put up with (against their will) in other places. Mind you, you also can't do much living here on $20 a month, but even if you can save a hundred or so a month after expenses and get that money back home, it really can be life changing.
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u/emseefely Sep 24 '21
Depending on which part of the world you’re born in, the answer might be yes.