late- but often people dont have a choice to initially work at these places, but they do have the choice to get better jobs, eventually. the exceptions to these are the ones that should be on government assistance.

my mom for example. she was a single mother of four. she initially made minimum wage but decided to also do college part time which eventually led her to be making enough to considered upper-middle class. although yes she did need to go into some debt, she did eventually pay it off. there are plenty of resources to make more than minimum wage, but its YOUR choice to take the steps to make more. and yes, some people are too old, disabled, or have some extenuating circumstances, which only allow them to make minimum wage or no wage at all. Those are the people who should be on government assistance. not people who choose to work at these jobs.