” Your statement means everybody has to come down to a lower level”
Only those who work for the gov. or live off of it, of which there are entirely too many! Everyone else would benefit.
Also in the 50s and 60s “the golden age” no could expect to afford a house from minimum wage at that time, so to say that people should receive a minimum wage that affords them a house now is wrong.
You should be able to afford to live though and these days that’s debatable!