I think a taxi driver here makes maybe $20,000/year - starvation wages.
While $20,000 is not rich, it's not starvation wages either.
Are you joking? That is, what, $400/week? Well I suppose it is enough to be able to eat, so technically you are correct. I should've said meager, trapped in the under-class wages. Certainly the kind of wages where if you get sick for a couple of weeks, you're homeless.
Do I have to prove to you again that you can easily live on less? Heck, I proved that you could have a half-decent retirement if you spent your money wisely making only a little more than $1000 a month if I remember correctly.