You can't survive on minimum wage, as many of our working poor find out every day.
Minimum wage no, a low wage yes. If I managed to pay my rent, gas, bills, and a good chunk of my college tuition by waiting tables and delivering pizzas so can any able bodied person.
And actually most the minimum wage people here are Hispanics - not whites or blacks. I have infinitely more respect for them than the lazy ass welfare leeches who make the entire south and west side of my city (mostly blacks) because unlike them, the Hispanics - usually Mexicans are at least working and contributing to the society. Yes, when they first get here the men often work in landscaping, construction, etc. while the women work in fast food restaurants (mainly for the health insurance for the family), home health care, etc. They work hard and 10-20 years later they're now shopping for half million dollar homes in the suburbs and luxury SUVs. I see it all the time...
Try Mormons...
Mormons are a TINY group of Caucasian Christians... Mormons aged 40-59 have an average of 3.4 children in their lifetime, Mormon adults have an average of 1.1 kids living at home - double the US average. Compare this to Muslims who have 3.1 kids per woman globally -only .3 les . - the difference is Mormons are a small group while theres billions of muslims worldwide... also the average Mormons tend to be far wealthier than the average Muslims...
The average Mormon family is wealthier than even the average US Jewish family. So if they want to have 10 kids - God bless 'em. Unlike the Muslims and Africans, the Mormons aren't on welfare living off taxpayers' money in US and Europe...
Who hires you when you are handicapped, have a history of drug abuse, or several felonies on your rap sheet? Just a few examples.
How is that my problem? If you were in jail a bunch of times or have a heroin or meth habit that you can't kick, that's your own damn fault - not societies, and you should be responsible for helping yourself.
And actually, there's quite a famous case where a 30 year old man, with felonies, drug addition, face tattoos and all, made a video complaining how he couldn't get a job that went viral. Well, he got 45 job offers - and REJECTED THEM ALL. Why? Because he prefers to be on disability and sell drugs or rob people to make some extra cash.
.... and I pay tens of thousands of dollars every year to support the tens of millions of losers like him who should be FORCED to work digging ditches or whatever instead of sitting at home while the rest of America's taxpayers feed and shelter them