Minimum wage is a living wage for those that do not strive to live beyond their means.
The majority of people I hear say one cannot live on minimum wage reveal in debating the premise that they have home internet, a cell phone with data, various tech gadgets, the latest phone version, several paid streaming services, eat at restaurants daily, multiple times daily, seek/rent housing that is beyond their ability to pay, seek/buy automobiles for which they can afford neither the payments the insurance, nor the maintenance.
Food, clothing, shelter - everything else is unnecessary.