They don’t want the jobs because they have options to live off other people’s money. Take away the handouts, and they will be forced to work for a living.
And the $17 an hour is local, so don’t give me your bullshit about California. Here, a young couple in their early 20s with nothing more than high school diplomas could each get a job at Target, and with the signing bonus (I think it’s $5000 each), their income for the year would be $80,000. After taxes, that’s around $5000 a month - just about what I live on.
That amount allows them to rent a decent apartment, put groceries on the table, and gas in the tank. Of course, Biden is making that more difficult as he tries to put that out of reach.