Minimum wage was $4.75... $15 an hour is now poverty level. Take that in.
@shondasmith54702 жыл бұрын
My first job was making $3.14 in 1989
@JoseTwitterFan2 жыл бұрын
$7.25 federal level today for those not fortunate to live in a $15 state. $4.75 in 1996 is $8.59 in 2022.
@SataniaMcDowel2 жыл бұрын
It's still $7.25 here and some many places are at $6.75...in 2022...
@adammoore70592 жыл бұрын
you are so inaccurate
@JohnnytheTechnician2 жыл бұрын
The cost of living was cheaper back then. Gas was $0.88 a gallon. A number 1 combo from McDonald's and a full tank of gas was $20.
@colbyw.16752 жыл бұрын
Even to be in the 90s our country still was paying nothing to our employees. Taxes taken from 4.25 is disgusting
@MeadeFatLoss6 ай бұрын
More entitlement. Then get some brains and do something and stop complaining.
@walterwhite13 ай бұрын
It’s just a disgusting capitalist wage slavery country man
@kshinokevin9 ай бұрын
This topic is still relevant, even in 2023. And this show was made in the 1990's !
@joanmartinez32587 ай бұрын
Thirty years the only thing's change is how we're watching this.
@ashmora82962 күн бұрын
And we as an audience are no longer chipping in our opinions through Ricky’s microphone
@arianahjanae191411 ай бұрын
Always be mindful of the judgement you pass it could one day be you . I used to be the one that would judge those who used welfare . I was able to maintain a certain lifestyle until I had babies . I knew financially I would be okay and I was for a few months but my twins need milk they would run through can after can and it felt like I couldn’t make it so after awhile I got Wic assistance. I was thankful and appreciative. Mind you I’m a nurse and things started to change for all of us during the pandemic.
@MsNooneinparticular Жыл бұрын
There are 3 choices: Pay everyone a living minimum wage; supplement wages with welfare or expect mass chaos & looting in the streets. People have to eat, have shelter & clothing. Social welfare programs aren't about empathy or feelings--it's a safety net that prevents society from burning. Where's the outrage for corporate welfare & bailouts, which dwarf social welfare in annual spending?
@onigiri21362 жыл бұрын
I firmly believe the man on the left end is not 31 years old.
@atrocchia2 жыл бұрын
The big shame in the U.S. is that we do not have universal healthcare.
@genevieves89082 жыл бұрын
Yup! Watched a guy from Canada not to long ago say that he's never ever had to worry about insurance. He never had to keep a job he hated, not switch a career he wasn't happy in because of health insurance. That's why we have old miserable men and women completely stuck at a job because if they leave they won't have health insurance. It's not right, imagine if Americans had the option to go after their goals and dreams no matter what? People probably wouldn't need welfare for multiple years. I wish people would use their heads.
@malihahan8 ай бұрын
True! I really appriciate that we have it here in Denmark 👍🏻
@MeadeFatLoss6 ай бұрын
Because we aren't communist. You have to wait 9 months for emergency surgery and most people die waiting. It's not what you think. I believe in private charities which we do have. Catholic charities cover the costs of most surgeries.
@MeadeFatLoss6 ай бұрын
@@genevieves8908 Really? Because I know people from Canada that crossed the US border because they were told to wait 8 months for an appendectomy. Another woman in Canada who has been disabled for 5 years and a veteran was told to end her life because they didn't want to send her home care assistance.
@walterwhite13 ай бұрын
@@genevieves8908ya its ridiculous
@danadoozer99902 жыл бұрын
Things were very different when my husband and I were starting out with out young child, we both worked low wage jobs and the only thing we got was free lunch for our child, thank God. Life was HARD. I had to pawn all the jewelry that I had inherited from a family member and we always had our phones cut off, and sometimes our power too. I was so lucky to have parents that sometimes helped with food and rent. Eventually our hard work paid off and we both get paid decently enough that we can cover all our bills, and have money for extras too. We struggled HARD for at least 6 years and received virtually nothing to help us out.
@rachaelramos6 ай бұрын
I've been on welfare since 2009. And have 3 kids. But no matter what job I get ... It's never enough. Its the f**king prices of rent and all that skyrocketing every goddamn year
@ashleywatkins1380Ай бұрын
Rent is insane! 1200 for a one bedroom in most cities
@lagear21653 күн бұрын
welfare people should be shipped to africa
@astralfluxaf Жыл бұрын
Imagine rent only costing 400$ a month 😩
@Alanboy39511 ай бұрын
I rented my first apartment in 2011 in Louisville, KY for that amount. Older but clean 1 bedroom. Now you need to at least pay $900 for one there.
@MeadeFatLoss6 ай бұрын
Yes but people made a lot less money
@kalaniturner94046 ай бұрын
I’d fight a bear for $400 rent !
@callieflemming6875Ай бұрын
20 years ago I was paying $540 for a nice apartment. Now that same apartment is probably triple that!
@JohnnytheTechnician2 жыл бұрын
The cost of living was cheaper back then. Gas was $0.88 a gallon. A number 1 combo from McDonald's and a full tank of gas was $20.
@JoseTwitterFan2 жыл бұрын
When this aired back in 1996, the federal minimum wage was upped to $4.75, which adjusted for inflation, is worth $8.59 in 2022. The current federal minimum wage today is $7.25.
@Barber747 Жыл бұрын
Really now? Just 7 and a quarter?!? That's less than half of what I currently make! 🤯🤯🤯
@blacksamanthajones603010 ай бұрын
I was on welfare however i was only on it for 1 year, i received food stamps and had assistance with childcare. Once i was done with college and received my degree. I got off its to give you a boost while you better yourself NOT make it a career.
@themanifestorsmind7 ай бұрын
Same! I was on it a little more than a year though, but once I finished school it's been up from there. I am thankful that our country has a system to lend a helping hand to those who need it, but I despise those who see it as a permanent way of life.
@calenajackson87727 ай бұрын
Yup at one point my whole family was on welfare and I just had my kid at 20. Now everyone has great paying jobs and we all doing very well. God is good. Idk what person would wanna be on welfare their whole life. Welfare is literally enough to cover basics and barely that. My welfare was only enough to care for my kid and keep my phone on to keep a job
@maria76895 ай бұрын
I am all for welfare but it must be regulated so that it’s not taken for granted. ❤
@garylagstrom38642 ай бұрын
RICKI LAKE TALK SHOW: 90’s: Ricki Lake has the grooviest theme show opening 🎵 🎼 🎶 love the drums and that funky bass guitar!
@janockeil75292 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this! Please keep posting more of the ricki lake show episodes. I loved her growing up 🙏
@Ugod28 ай бұрын
Kind of odd to be on welfare for 10 years and still not be able to find a job
@themanifestorsmind7 ай бұрын
She had 6 jobs lmfao
@robertstarks69811 ай бұрын
I just have to say that inflation is real! The cost of living is real! It keeps going up. Chicago's minimum wage is àlmost 17$ an hour. If all states put a bill into place to raise minimum wage and çontinue to do it than these companies have no choice but to raise their wages!!! These corporations and companies need to start paying people accordingly as they make millions of dollars!
@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez10 ай бұрын
Democrats and rinos🤬 sacks of 💩
@shondasmith54702 жыл бұрын
Spoiler report Rickie Lake Show had payed actors on her show a lot.
@GeekyGrannyof2 Жыл бұрын
No I wasn't paid and I was on this show
@kristinjohnson816411 ай бұрын
How are you doing now financially, since being on the show?
@shondasmith547011 ай бұрын
@@kristinjohnson8164 Lol 😂
@suzannenobel399410 ай бұрын
makes sense
@MeadeFatLoss6 ай бұрын
@@GeekyGrannyof2 which one were you?
@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez10 ай бұрын
The white ladies vampire teeth wtf😮 in white jacket beside asian girl.😂😂😂 excuse me cream jacket
@smallladyusachan263110 ай бұрын
She about to suck on that lady beside her’s neck!🤣🤣
@mizzjacksonxoxo2 жыл бұрын
For clarification,...the "5-year welfare limit" refers to the CASH BENEFITS...Food stamps, medicaid, even Section 8 benefits vary per income/household, etc & can qualify the rest of your lifetime...It is May 2022, the restrictions are the same.
@MeadeSkeltonMusic6 ай бұрын
Nothing has changed.
@theresaharrell90435 ай бұрын
They deserve to work!!! Yes welfare should be used as a stepping stone. Not something to live off forever.
@Cheirosa813 ай бұрын
Momming is a job! What kind of society DOESN'T support women and children? 🤔
@mascara17773 ай бұрын
Exactly, until I had a child I had no idea how excruciatingly hard it was. And employers can freely discriminate against you.
@pariswright70942 жыл бұрын
If you can't feed them do not breed them. No one owes you help nor understanding when you are irresponsible and have children you are unable to afford to care for.
@ryanthomas492 жыл бұрын
PREACH.
@chancest.thomas5160 Жыл бұрын
Soda & Nuggets ain't Food, either!!
@jadefox52852 жыл бұрын
two words: BIRTH CONTROL
@carltoncoleman454 Жыл бұрын
This generation is wising up. The birth rate is declining every year and more people are making the choice not to ever have kids.
@teshahartke546811 ай бұрын
One word... Sterilization
@northsantana6871 Жыл бұрын
$4...wow. if you never felt old. I know you do now '.'
@Barber747 Жыл бұрын
I was only in 4th grade at the time (1996-97) so I wouldn't know. 😂😂😂
@scottscott928 ай бұрын
I'm a single father raising a girl for 14 years,and I can't get food stamps or anything.If I we're to choose not to work,we would loose everything.Must be nice to be taken care of,but I'm proud that I don't need handouts.
@jasmic381342 ай бұрын
I never understood why people get upset about others receiving help. I've never received assistance of any kind or welfare but I am 100% okay with taxes being taken out of my checks for the benefits of helping other people in anyway. Welfare would not exist if housing and food in the country was affordable!
@lagear21653 күн бұрын
because its money out of their pocket foolio this is why broke people are unintelligent.
@MelvinaDally-ip8oo11 ай бұрын
Alot people got qualifications and can't have a work that not their fault. Prime minister should change healthcare and people should be allow to go hospital if they sick for free if they are poor.
@vatricegeorge11 ай бұрын
Welfare has folks working 30 to 40 hours a week for the little check they give folks.
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
War-FARE
@vickilynn37602 жыл бұрын
All this bickering and it never happened. Even more folks on welfare today. More food stamps, more financial benefits and a whole lot less fathers in the picture, unless they are living off the mother, but then it's usually the boyfriend, not the father. A lady I know has been on welfare for 22 years. Every time a child turns16, she has another baby. She dresses nice every day, sells her food stamps and depends on the older children to take care of the younger ones while she goes out almost every night to party. Different men running in and out of the house constantly. She's by far not the only one. Shameful. Oh, and now the oldest 3 girls are on welfare. She had 7 children.
@megan-lenape15272 жыл бұрын
That's crazy! People like that ruin it for the ones who really need it. And I know a couple of people that do that same thing u were talking about. I've been married for 22 years. We have 4 kids, daughter is 20 and 3 boys 16, 8, 1. We don't get welfare and sometimes, especially now that groceries and everything has gone up, we struggle but we make it work.
@Kryptongurl842 жыл бұрын
I know a woman who has 7 kids by 6 different fathers. She has a child every time the oldest one ages out. She lives off of child support, public assistance, and using the men she dates. She has been married at least four times. Every year she has a new man it seems like. Her daughter turned 16 and got emancipated. She doesn’t talk to that daughter anymore. She refuses to take birth control.
@JakobMusick2 жыл бұрын
Wait, you are joking right?? Lol GA almost never happens anymore, and Welfare was turned into TANF, which has many conditions and is relatively uncommon. I worked in a homeless shelter and welfare as formerly consitutted was almost entirely absent. EBT was very common, but Idk what these people would have done without due to the immiseration of the masses.
@JakobMusick2 жыл бұрын
She sounds awful tho ngl.
@elasticheart6694 Жыл бұрын
That's one woman not all women
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
15 Years, is temping
@ciciriddick2 жыл бұрын
Every job I've ever had didn't give benefits.
@theresaharrell90435 ай бұрын
Pam just talking.🤫🤫🤫🤫
@theL0VERS26 күн бұрын
Aint no one talking about corporate welfare. I have known many people that got benefits for one reason or another and it is no kind of life to live. They are not living it up. Most are disabled and get peanuts. Around 1000 a month to pay all bills. Less than 150 in food stamps and they pay 33% of their income to rent so they are left with $670ish to pay all other bills.
@tylerbradley22822 жыл бұрын
I went to high school in the 9th grade thur 12th grade I'm not on welfare
@memorialled_zeppelin-warew13462 жыл бұрын
Fast food places are always hiring. And they will hire just about anyone. Unless you have multiple felonys If they have multiple felonys then their idiots and probably should be in jail.
@whyask815511 ай бұрын
Jail... where the state still pays. Same end result.
@shakyinc67111 ай бұрын
So what about people that made mistakes in their early 20s and now ten years later are trying to turn their life around?? so what you are saying is they may as well stay a criminal because nobody should hire them and if you commit a non violent crime you should stay in jail for the rest of your life
@shakyinc67111 ай бұрын
@@whyask8155 pays 10 dollars a week to do factory work that would usually pay 400 to 500 dollars a week. they more than pay for their upkeep. . its highley inflaited the amount they claim that it costs to keep a prisoner per week, dont know how the hell they come up with these stupidly high figures.maybe they should stop jailing people for minor things and give them community service like they do in the uk
@whyask815511 ай бұрын
@shakyinc671 I agree but my point to initial comment was, if they cost on welfare, there is still a cost to society with imprisonment... monetarily AND damages to the community/victim depending on the crime committed. Born and bred Londoner here, don't be fooled by the propaganda. The prison system is the the exact same modern day slavery you have amd young, BM are also the targets.
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
Waiting Lister
@koryshepard77011 ай бұрын
It all come down to responsibilities don't have children if you can't afford it no excuses
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
Welcome 2 America: 2 Liver
@pattiewilson9705 ай бұрын
I was on public assistance and food stamps and had 3 kids i had go to work not receiving child support their dad was in prison i didnt get my hair done or my nails done my kids were my first priority
@leee.8937 Жыл бұрын
I love how she refers to the black woman as being on welfare but the white woman being in "public assistance"
@tessa7778 Жыл бұрын
Welfare is different from food stamps or Medicaid tho. Welfare is a check each month in cash and the others are a card. Has nothing to do with skin color.
@georgewright563110 ай бұрын
I agree I said the same thing
@monie25147 ай бұрын
Well that's 30 years ago because it's 2024 and many jobs don't even want to pay you $15 an hour and that is the lowest amount. Many bus drivers in Detroit Michigan where only making $15.50 an hour until January the 4th 2024 of getting a a mediocre 19.00 🤬🤦🏻♀️👎🏼🥴🤧🤐🤢 I have no problem with anybody working but I don't think that jobs who are making millions of dollars should be exploiting people likewise
@michellemarshall58063 ай бұрын
Look at all the perfect people judging someone who's down and out. 🤮
@vickilynn376011 ай бұрын
No worries, you all ended up getting more money, food stamps, cheap housing and health care. And you still think it's not enough.
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
PHARMACY
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
Like DA Chinese
@pricillaholland55878 ай бұрын
Damn this was.my show and I was a little girl.
@reginaharrigan745411 ай бұрын
We still talking about this year still
@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez10 ай бұрын
Some countries have no walfare
@crecencioalonsozuniga52812 жыл бұрын
do you got any maury episodes from the early 2000s?
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
GADs B Stalkin’
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
Waitchin
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
15 Years, average black
@ruthquetant737511 ай бұрын
Ricki showed her preference right from the beginning of the show!! Attacking Nickki. From that moment on noticed how the entire audience treated Nickki badly also!!
@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez10 ай бұрын
And?
@573semobulls37 ай бұрын
Welfare for 10 years is absurd
@themanifestorsmind7 ай бұрын
Nikki has been on welfare for 10 years. Nikki is a liar (who works 6 jobs at one time, really?) Nikki committed welfare fraud (which NO ONE mentioned) by working "under the table" and still getting welfare. That means she paid no taxes on that income and definitely didn't report it to her caseworker. It ain't about race. And that's coming from another black woman. Nikki is an embarrassment.
@soundsofDallas Жыл бұрын
Thanks for releasing this episode. It further proves being racially bias existed then and now
@Barber747 Жыл бұрын
What does racial bias have to do with anything??? I'm not picking up on that especially when there are different ethnicities on welfare presented on this show!
@573semobulls37 ай бұрын
Because she's black she deserves welfare for 10 yrs I don't understand what your getting at back in 70s 80swhole families lived off welfare and would have more kids to keep getting benefits.... If you can't work prove your disabled disability should be the only thing taxes goto
@themanifestorsmind7 ай бұрын
I didn't see racial bias in this particular episode. Socioeconomic bias, absolutely.
@SweetRanma20082 жыл бұрын
Damn… $4 an hour
@vatricegeorge11 ай бұрын
Deral minimum wage is only $7.25
@kben2732 жыл бұрын
They have their hair and nails done? Yet, on welfare? Hmmmm.
@chancest.thomas5160 Жыл бұрын
Money 4 da Club, Drugs, Alcohol, Hair, Nails/Feet...but Their kids R dressed basic.
@KayElise-dt1ue11 ай бұрын
You know it’s possible to do that yourself, right?
@Gobblesgobbleturkey8 ай бұрын
The make up artist on the show
@themanifestorsmind7 ай бұрын
In the 90s we did our own hair or somebody did it in the kitchen. Lee Press-On nails were a thing too, but nails were cheap even at the salon back then.
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
KICKING
@elijahrussjr2 жыл бұрын
To me this would not have happened if that young woman named Nikki didn't keep her legs closed! She got herself in this position because, she did not let her brain take charge of her common sense. Ten years on public assistance is 9 years six months too long! It seems to me that this woman is just doing nothing but making excuses! My question is where is her baby father?! Out of all of this talk about welfare I have heard nothing about marriage or financial planning! All of this could have been avoided if she took a minute to stop and think about the consequences of her actions! Lesson #1 do not have a baby before you are ready, and you have the money to support said child. If you are physically able you should be able to work for everything you have! There should be no free rides. You are taking away money from people who really need such as the disabled like myself. Lesson #2 say 10% of everything that you have for your old age, because you will not be able to work forever. You only have from 18 until 65 (67 in some states) to save up enough money for your old age! It's time you learned two very important words in the American lexicons they are budgeting, and sacrifice Lesson #3 30% of your check is to go for your living expenses and another 10% for investments search as: your IRA, 401K, stocks and bonds. You don't have the time to be spending money frivolously! If you can't afford something, then you shouldn't buy it! Life is not about trying to one up the next person! Life is what you make it. There is an old saying from World War Two and that is use it up where it out make it do or would do without! There are a lot of things you can do for instance :1. start buying generic items.2. Stop spending all of your money on entertainment! You're not in high school anymore everything costs from 18 on you need to work work work and save. 3. Start using public transportation it saves money and it's better for the environment. If you can't do that walk to work 4. Grow your own vegetables.5. Take your food to work with you instead of eating out. 6. Clip coupons at the grocery store every little bit helps. 7. Recycle your trash! You may not wanna believe it but it's a great way to earn extra money. 8. if you really need to get something, get it from the pawn shop (right now you're young the new stuff will come down the line but, right now you need to learn how to sacrifice. We all had to start out the same way but remember hard times breed more champions than privilege!
@taniaflip75436 ай бұрын
Amen
@Walk_in_love2 жыл бұрын
🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
@stanbily9416 Жыл бұрын
29:55 - She sounds like Mel B 😍
@vatricegeorge11 ай бұрын
All the folks in nyc living in govt subsidized housing for mutliple generations have alot of nerve being anti welfare.
@JT-wu4xv4 ай бұрын
If you're a mother you area sitting at home doing nothing.
@chancest.thomas5160 Жыл бұрын
12:40 - 13:04 U Go, Gurrl "SIX Jobs @ One Time" Lol
@msrere36562 жыл бұрын
The 9D’s were toxic 🙄
@astralfluxaf Жыл бұрын
Extremely 😬 it’s making me angry 😡 😆
@OfficialAdhd839 ай бұрын
Ppl milk the system if u capable of working just work!!!!!!!!!! But back then jobs wasn't giving you benefits neither, But the cost of living was cheaper also..........So it was give and take and tick for tat back than and still now!!!!!!!!!
@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew3 ай бұрын
MULAN
@Mikeman-kt4nr2 жыл бұрын
Are you going to post more soon???
@angelab5325 Жыл бұрын
That’s corny
@daniellejackson2874 Жыл бұрын
A lot of women need to work and stop depending on us working ppl to take care of your kids keep your legs close then
@teshahartke546811 ай бұрын
That goes for absentee fathers too
@573semobulls37 ай бұрын
@@teshahartke5468the government encourages fatherless homes women can't get welfare , tanf , food stamps or government housing with a father in the home 😂