If you pay me 15 dollars per hour what you expect is low productivity. For that wage an employer is happy that an employee actually shows up consistently and performs the bare minimum. Perhaps you didn't understand my intent. 15 an hour is low pay we both agree. For kids it's actually decent. It's a good job for a kid during the summer.
OK, that's more clear. Agree. 15 bucks an hour or your state's minimum wage is a "starting or ending" wage. Kids still living at home or old retired farts like me that have always worked and just need something to do. It's not a living wage and is not meant to be.
When Leftists demand 15 bucks an hour for a "living wage", they're lying. They are just trying to establish a permanent underclass they can pander to. A permanent voting block. It's as transparent as glass. And cruel.
I would never advocate cursing someone with a minimum wage job. Those jobs are for kids still living at home learning a work ethic, retirees or a mentally/physically challenged folks who are not able to advance. Not for buying a home or car or raising a family.
Of the three grocery stores closest to me, I choose one because of their policy of hiring mentally challenged young people. That minimum wage job for them is a blessing beyond measure. They are housed, transported and fed by family or church. The job rewards them with self worth and self esteem.