How does the goverment expect anyone to live off of $6.55 an hr? They are SLOWLY increasing min wage, just got bumped up .70 yesterday.

I am lucky to have parents who let me still live with them at the age of 21. I spent all summer searching for a job that I could make enough money just to live on my own. It didn't happen, every place is paying from min wage up to $8.50 a hour. I did find a few places that pay $10.50 to $14.25 an hr. But they wanted people with experience and needed no training. I had 4 years of experience for one of the places, but they wanted to hire someone from HS not college. Another place I had no experience working there but I know how to treat people and talk with them, still they wanted someone who has worked at a place like it, or was a female. Looking at a 1 bed room small apartment is about $750 a month. The price of food is rising, to have a weeks worth of food, it cost about $150. Gas well we all know the price of gas haha. So you add up rent, food, and gas, that bill will put you over $1,000. Working 30 hrs a week, and going to school is not the smartest thing to do, but some people have to do it. So 120 hrs of work a month at min wage puts you $786. Well that covers you sleeping in a bed every night, no meal or getting to school and work. Working for $8.50 an hr will give you $1020 a month. Oh wait they take out taxes on everything

Basically what I am saying here is how do they expect anyone to live off of this??

U.S. Department of Labor - Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - Wage and Hour Division (WHD) - Minimum Wage Laws in the States - January 1, 2008
here is a site with all the wages around the US.