The minimum wage maybe that but why do you think we have the political problems we have,wages are not back 10-15 years they are more like 25 years with what the cost of living is today. If you are on the minimum wage or anywhere near it you can barely survive rent bills food clothes train and bus fares and running a vehicle is never gonna happen,people paying the so called minimum wage is 1 of the main reasons this country struggles to get people off benefits because they are better off on them. I couldn't pay someone that kind of money these days it would give me no reason to expect them to take pride in there work or be reliable its pittance.