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Minimum wage is not what you need to survive. That's the idea behind it, but it's not realistic. $7.78 an hour can not afford rent or a mortgage, a car plus gas to put in itor insurance coverage for it, food, health and dental insurance and clothing. And if you have kids or needs perscription medication, forget about it.
As for just going to get another job, it's not always as simple as that. Our economy is shit right now and most businesses are laying people off and cutting costs wherever they can, not looking to hire and train new employees. Not to mention if they work at a small town WalMart, then many of the other local companies have probably already been put out of business by WalMart's sweat shop prices, further limiting job selection.
Strangely enough though, it's not usually the workers that complain (They'd lose their job if Walmart caught wind of that.). It's other people who see the bigger picture that complain on their behalf. Watch the documentary, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices. It's very revealing & very well done.
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