Another reason to increase the minimum wage is to reduce the number of workers who get such low wages that we give them welfare on top of their low wages so the

Another reason to increase the minimum wage is to reduce the number of workers who get such low wages that we give them welfare on top of their low wages so they can survive. We already have the situation that Walmart was kind of shamed into paying higher wages; huge amounts of their employees had their wages "subsidized" because their employees were on welfare! This isn't good for anyone. [1] 2014: walmart employees get 6.2 billion in public assistance. [2] 2018 thousands of amazon employees get welfare. Article 2 says paying a living wage (a higher minimum wage) could save 150 billion in government benefits. [3] 2015 Americans pay 153 billion in public assistance for low wage jobs at McD and Walmart. Underlying research in [4]. 1. 2014 https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/#4bce7bd0720b https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-... 2. 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/08/24/thousands-amazon-workers-receive-food-stamps-now-bernie-sanders-wants-amazon-pay-up/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3c5c0b3d2fdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/08/24/thousands... 3. 2015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/15/we-are-spending-153-billion-a-year-to-subsidize-mcdonalds-and-walmarts-low-wage-workers/?utm_term=.ee881afb30b0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/15/... 4. http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/the-high-public-cost-of-low-wages/ http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/the-high-public-cost-of-low-...