IMO, the wages aren’t there because the demand and supply for the job just doesn’t warrant $25-$30 and hour, period.
That the government chose to set the standards for SNAP, EITC, AFDC, Section 8, WICs, et al so low is not the first-fault of employers. All raising the wages for unskilled workers will do is to put the cost off on the consumer/taxpayer and the government will have even more money to buy idiots’ votes.
Further, that the government now ADMITS that after-HS education in this country is largely worthless by signaling they will ‘forgive’ student loans is just more proof that THIS government does not want educated citizenry; it wants dumbed-down voters and it will supply all the largess they need (on taxpayers’ dollars) to effect that.
And allowing the Colleges to provide worthless degree’s like drama and theatre, that afterward only pays #30-35K and leaves them with 200K in student loan debt. Or Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies another worthless degree.