You also wrote that someone only needs to make $8 an hour to not be on the government dime. So why does 15 an hour have anything to do with it? These people should pull a Joe Biden and learn to code lol. Increase your skills and get paid more.
VISA and McDonald calculated you need 170% of a fulltime job to make that magic happen.... years ago. And that comes with a joke to pay no heating. I already sourced this.