Speak to the education system in your shitty state. In Iowa we had computer classes.
An no offense but roofing a house absolutely does pay a living wage. It just might not provide a comfortable living wage. Does it provide enough to afford a home with roommates? Absolutely. Does it provide food on the table? Of course. It just might not provide a nice car and luxuries without trying to work a second job. On top of that roofing a house provides things like Workers Compensation for injuries. So if you do happen to fall off the home you receive a pretty fat check, well assuming that you don't test positive for drugs... Again, it comes down to people having the choice of either working to survive or not working and allowing the government to help them survive. I know, but what about the person who has 16 kids, that's not a living wage? A living wage isn't meant to support anyone but the person who is working. If there wasn't such a thing as public assistance it sure makes a hell of a lot more sense to earn 8 bucks an hour then it does to earn 0.