Minimum wage is not, and never was, supposed to indicate a livable wage.
Instead - it was meant as a wage to introduce new workers to the workforce when they didn't have a lot of value to offer.
Now we have people who have wasted much of their life not creating value for their skills and people like you complain that they can't survive on minimum wage.
I've busted my butt for many, many years to earn what I do - nothing was given to me by my family or the government.
My sympathy meter reads "0".
In an effort to help people create marketable value in their skills I spend quite a bit of time doing free mentorship - but I find most people are too lazy to even do that - they want me to do their work for them.
I'm not surprised you responded to the post the way you did - given your other leanings...
And it is wrong to say they should rely on families, live at home, etc. That is not an option for many young adults, unhealthy at best.
Minimum wage should reflect what is required to pay the bills. I realize that raising the minimum wage causes prices to go up, jobs to be lost, but there has to be a balance there. A formula to work.
When it takes on average around $25 an hour to live without handouts, then the minimum wage should be $25.
This would be mostly solved if we implement E-Verify, not give work papers to illegals, deport them, and throw employers into jail who hire illegals or H1B or other visa holders instead of Americans.
“Minimum wage is not, and never was, supposed to indicate a livable wage.
Instead - it was meant as a wage to introduce new workers to the workforce when they didn’t have a lot of value to offer.”
Actually, that is not true.
Minimum wage was and is a communist attempt at controlling commerce. Instead, it outlaws any labor not worth the minimum wage.