Disappointed: he received his first salary and started to cry when he saw how much money it was | the Chronicle

An 18-year-old man cried in disappointment after seeing what he got in his first paycheck at a job he got in Chicago, US, and the moment was recorded in a video that became viral on social networks.

The boy is called Jojo, who he started to cry after seeing all the money that had been deducted from taxes and the one who filmed it was his father, after accompanying his son to receive his first salary.

In the video you can see how very happy the boy is at first, but opening the envelope with the salary receipt turns the smile into tears, anger and bewilderment. So with fury and helplessness, Jojo got out of the car, while his father wondered what had happened to his son.

“Did I work really hard for this?” Jojo wondered, seeing everything that had been deducted from taxes as an injustice, to which his father replied it always happened. “You still have to pay taxes. You have to do it every time they pay you.”said the father.

As the boy keeps his face angry and frustrated, the two his father and brother laugh at him and his reaction which then went viral on social media.

“If I made all this money from my work, why can’t I have it all?”, he wondered aloud, to which his father repeated: “Because you have to pay federal taxes. This is the real world “, finished the father.

Apparently, according to the video, the total salary was $ 282, but the reduction was $ 21.42.

What is the minimum wage in the United States?

The federal minimum wage in the United States is $ 7.25 an hour and has not changed since 2009. Last December, 20 states announced that they would increase the minimum wage this year, which is expected to rise to $ 15. .

California is said to be one of the few states to want to reach this minimum floor. In contrast, the state with the lowest orogram increase is Florida, which would go from 7.25 to 8.65.