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Because otherwise these people will use our welfare system to subsidize their job. Basically, the choice we make when we choose to require a living wage for tho
by jschwartzi 9y ago
Because otherwise these people will use our welfare system to subsidize their job. Basically, the choice we make when we choose to require a living wage for those jobs is that we want the business owner and their customers to find a way to pay for their business model, rather than us subsidizing it indirectly through means-tested welfare.
- jmcdiesel 9y agoSo the people that lose their jobs because of this suddenly need less subsidizing? Its become expected now... with min wage hikes, that businesses are turning to automation and cutting jobs... thats becoming the norm. Those people who now lost their jobs, you feel, are less of a burden?
- jschwartzi 9y agoI don't recall that happening in Seattle when we raised our minimum wage. Stuff got a little more expensive, but there weren't mass layoffs like you're suggesting. If it's there it's too subtle for us to argue from the seat of our pants.