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Online game challenges players to raise a family on minimum wage

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Megan Kelly
Topics: Livelihoods
Countries: United States
If your child gets a birthday card containing $10, do you give the money to your child or save it to put food on the table? Photo:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28408249@N07/2869806673/sizes/m/in/photostream/">mmmcrafts (flickr)</a>
If your child gets a birthday card containing $10, do you give the money to your child or save it to put food on the table? Photo:mmmcrafts (flickr)

Can you live and support a child in America at a minimum wage job?

A computer game called Spent offers you the chance to try, without having to make the real, hard decisions that families make every day to make ends meet in an economic downturn.

As the poverty level in America continues to rise, the questions posed by the game become all the more relevant to all Americans. Do you pocket the $10 in your child's birthday card to put food on the table? Pay for the field trip to the museum or save the money? Renew your car insurance or run the risk of getting pulled over? And ultimately, can you make it through the entire month?

Click here to play Spent.

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Fri, 04/06/2012 - 01:23 — Anonymous (not verified) in u.s

Best Video Games

Yup dude you are right we shouldn’t waste our money over such kind of stupid video games!! So make the worth of money

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 01:32 — Kenneth white (not verified) in US

Yup that's one worth to use

Hey, Great points. Quite helpful.
This is such an informative article and extremely clearly written. Every single thought and concept is direct towards the point. Perfectly laid out.
Waiting for your next update

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