And who the duck is going to do all the minimum wage jobs like carers and retail staff etc if everyone does that?
Carers are a different group because the conditions they are supposed to work under with the pay given is ridiculous, and that system desperately needs an overhaul.
Retail workers are usually paid more than minimum wage and there is plenty of scope to work your way up in retail.
However, if we take your point about ‘who will do those jobs’ then the answer is people who don’t have a family to support single handedly. Those jobs can be done by students, people in families who already have a main earner and only need a supplementary income, younger people who are still living at home, people who have other jobs and need to top up, people who are still relatively young but have retired and want to top up their pension. If it weren’t for Brexit we could also have added people who want to to be here to experience life in the UK and improve their English, although there will still be people in that category even with brexit.
People’s expectations need to change. If people want to have their own home and bring children into the world, then they should expect that they will need to earn more than minimum wage to support that first.