INTERACTIVE: Living Paycheck to Paycheck Interactive: Spent
Part I: Play the game, Spent
Go to playspent org. Click on Continue to Spent on right side of the screen to start game. Be sure to answer the
questions below as you proceed through the game.
1. How do you feel at the beginning of the game as the facts about your situation flash on the screen? Do you think
you can live 30 days with $1,000 in savings?
Yes if i use the money reasonably and wisely yes i can live 30 days with 1000 dollars in savings.
2.
The first decision you make involves your choice of employment. Which job did you choose? Why?
3. What will be your take-home pay for the month? What is the difference between your gross pay and your
take-home pay?
4
What decision did you make about health insurance? Why?
5. Where did you decide to live? What is the relationship between rent costs and travel costs as you move farther
away from the city?
6
What is your Total Rental Cost (rent + travel costs)? What percentage of your monthly take-home pay (see Q3)

In ledland, unemployed adults receive government assistance. to reduce unemployment, the government proposes to supplement the income of those who accept jobs that pay less than government assistance, thus enabling employers to hire workers cheaply. however, the supplement will not raise any worker's income above what government assistance would provide if he or she were not gainfully employed. therefore, unemployed people will have no financial incentive to accept jobs that would entitle them to the supplement.which of the following, if true about ledland, most seriously weakens the argument of the editorial? (a) the government collects no taxes on assistance it provides to unemployed individuals and their families.(b) neighboring countries with laws that mandate the minimum wage an employer must pay an employee have higher unemployment rates than ledland currently has.(c) people who are employed and look for a new job tend to get higher-paying jobs than job seekers who are unemployed.(d) the yearly amount unemployed people receive from government assistance is less than the yearly income that the government defines as the poverty level.(e) people sometimes accept jobs that pay relatively little simply because they enjoy the work.