I've hired people for non-tech, no-skill jobs. They can and do often turn them down. They also walk off the job, never to be seen again, whenever they feel like it. I was paying above market rates, too.

I mow my lawn myself because I can't get anyone to do it for less than $400/mo., and that was 5 years ago.

Some can. Not all. Step outside your bubble and talk to some vulnerable folks, life isn't so black and white for everyone.