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The US government already subsidizes underpaying employers in the form of food stamps and other palliative services. If employers were required to pay for the
by zapita 8y ago
The US government already subsidizes underpaying employers in the form of food stamps and other palliative services.
If employers were required to pay for the foodstamps and welfare services of their own workers, I wonder if we would see a change in their behavior? It would suddenly make less economical sense to reduce costs by pushing their most vulnerable workers below the poverty line, since that would just push up their welfare costs. Today they don’t pay a dime - so hey, if the government is subsidizing you to screw your workforce, and public opinion is brainwashed to blame the workers instead of you, why would you not do it?
- lotsofpulp 8y agoI see all of that as a consequence of unnecessary complications. If society’s goal is to provide people with a quality of life floor, then do that for everyone equally. Then you don’t have to calculate the costs of which employer is using how much welfare (which are impossible calculations anyway subject to political pressure).