This is a good point. Inflation and soaring costs of living are very real. Working people simply need enough money to be able to live close enough in expensive cities to work their jobs. As the requirement for more money to live anywhere near the population centers increases, something has to take up the slack.
One way or the other, the costs are going to have to be paid by someone. Maximizing how much of this comes from the often marginalized and poor workers' pockets is one solution, but that strategy has pretty serious drawbacks for society, and can result in higher crime and social service draws.
Surely there's a better balance for making up the difference. Some combination of lower corporate profits, higher taxes to fund social services, and consumers paying more money for the convenience of eating very unhealthy food prepared almost immediately and possibly handed to them through a vehicle window.
