Raising a child costs between $13k[2] and $35k[1] per year in the USA – depending on where you live and who you ask.
With a minimum wage job ($7.25/hr) you need to work about 5 to 13 hours per day to make that much – before taxes.
[1] https://smartasset.com/financial-advisor/cost-raise-child-2023
[2] https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/090415/cost-raising-child-america.asp
It has everything to do with it as you are very insistent on underpaying people for some reason. You have yet to state that reason.
To answer your question I would need more information. Exactly what do you mean by ‘not valuable enough to earn a living wage’?
Strawman
Some people are not valuable enough as workers to get paid a living wage, what do they do for employment or income?
Define ‘not valuable enough’ and I’ll answer you.
Meaning they dont bring in enough money or value to justify the amount they earn.
And how do they do that?
Its actually more of what they dont do than what they do.
If you didnt eat breakfast yesterday, how would you feel?
No. Give me concrete examples, please.
If you didnt eat breakfast yesterday, how would you feel?
Some obvious examples would be someone with a mental disability that cant do work very well.
Again the vagueness. ‘Can’t work very well’. Define that. Are we talking someone who’s not mentally apt enough to do NASA rocket science but still can ring up groceries just fine? Are we talking someone wheelchair-bound so they can’t stock shelves? What level are we talking here? Because those people could still do jobs and earn a living wage.