The thing is, whether it's poor decision making, negligent spending habits or wanting to have kids before finishing school and becoming financially independent, there's still no "living wage" in the universe that will protect people from the decisions that they want to make. Which doesn't mean we still can't try to help -- churches in my area won't turn anyone away, and like you said there's also various government programs specifically designed to try and reach out and help people going through tough times.
Wages have been flat decades, NAFTA was a disaster, the Iraq war was a disaster, Obamacare was a disaster, and time and time again politicians would claim one thing while running for office and then do another thing when actually in office. To this end it's rather interesting to note how, according to Highlander's NPR link, "Trump has yet to deliver on his promise to repeal and replace Obamacare." Of course, I'd be most reluctant to cite this outcome as an example of Trump flipping on an issue. It's not that Trump wasn't doing everything he could to fulfill his campaign promise, it was that the same GOP senators who campaigned on their promise to repeal Obamacare stabbed their own party in the back and voted to uphold it while in office. Obviously the left wants to encourage this behavior, at least judging solely by the fact that they then applauded this senator for being a "hero," and all while simultaneously deriding anyone who dared to suggest otherwise.
Of course the irony here is that it was this same very behavior that got Trump elected; when it came to this consistent trend of political quackery there was always going to be a breaking point where the people would decide that enough was enough. The people voted for an outsider, and now 3 years into office virtually everyone I know who voted for Trump is very glad that they did so. Meanwhile it seems that the left are in a constant state mental gymnastics and cognitive dissonance, constantly harping on clear cases of hyperbole or sarcasm to try and identity lies or examples of mental illness, almost as if this trend was some sort of white flag and open acknowledgement that they can never win through fact-based discussions on actual policy.
Lowest ever unemployment? Highest ever median household income? (I'd be thrilled if ever my company wanted to give me more hours so I fail to see how this wouldn't be a plus) Campaign promise after campaign promise either fulfilled or vigorously being fought for? Obviously we still have 5 more years to go and history will be the true judge here, but at this point in terms of outcome and policy I think it's pretty obvious that Trump will easily go down as the greatest modern president in the history of the US.