Minimum Wage is a starting point, not a lifestyle
You do know it extends well beyond minimum wage right?
Depending on location, a renter of a 2BR likely needs to pull 100K.
Someone needs to tell my 42-year-old that fact. I warned him, taught him better, Married a spendaholic. He just did his taxes, with deductions and 1 child, #2 due in June, $2,000 in taxes, getting $6,000 back. He best put K’s tuition aside. We are not paying it this year. We both need new glasses. He worked 13 years spot welding, painting, and driving a forklift, so doesn’t lack skills. Lazy. Covid shut the plant down, and delivering pizzas is the best he gets. We are too old to be sitters or provide more money he never pays back.