[pdonis]

If you want to eat anything that has even a modicum of nutritional value, minimum wage won't get you much.

Sure it will; it just won't get you much in the way of enjoyable food. People mostly don't like living on beans and lentils; but you can get sufficient essential nutrients from unappetizing foods like that for a few dollars a day.

Please note that I am not saying anyone should have to live on beans and lentils; I'd be no good at it myself. But we should be clear that the problem is not "getting enough to eat"; the problem is "getting enough to eat with some kind of decent quality of life".