[AmericaUnited]

I do agree that with a thimble full of initiative one should make more than minimum

And so you don't want people to have to exert a "thimble full" of initiative. Just make the GUBMINT force employers to pay LAZY workers.

[Integrityrocks]

You have to start somewhere at 16 - 18. The initiative comes with moving past that starting point to a decent wage, but where you start should at least be "livable", I didn't say decadent.