For such things to be plausibly popular, the contestants cannot elicit sympathy in the (fictional) audience: “It’s their fault they are in debt, but not my fault I am in debt.”
For the same reason (wanting someone to look down on) the one group that reliably votes against minimum wage bumps is the group whose pay is below the new minimum wage, but above the old minimum wage.
For the same reason (wanting someone to look down on) the one group that reliably votes against minimum wage bumps is the group whose pay is below the new minimum wage, but above the old minimum wage.