[WarOnPrivacy]

> The workers did reap the benefits. The Law of Supply and Demand ensures it. 1.1% of the US labor force works at minimum wage jobs.

Minimum wage is one indicator of critically substandard living. Here is a small sampling of some others:

    well over minimum wage + below the poverty line
    no discernible exits off path to unhoused retirement
    current, recurring or impending homelessness
    food insecurity and recurring hunger
    medically triggered impoverishment
    only possible caregiver for loved one with medical issues