Minimum wages won’t be livable if republicans and democrats keep being elected. In the last 40 something years, none of your politicians have had any of your interests in mind.
You need to start a political party that represents your views and will be willing to force the changes that you want to see. You have to stop writing on Reddit and take action. Words are meaningless, actions aren’t.
This doesn’t mean violence, this doesn’t mean authoritarianism. It means simply getting REPRESENTATION. None of you have this, you aren’t being represented. You are being cheated.
The same can be said for Canada, we have ineffective bureaucrats and drama teachers (who wear black face and will tell the opposition to “fuck” off btw!) leading the country instead of proper representation.