"When you’re competing against a government dropping taxpayer money out of metaphorical helicopters, it’s not exactly an even competition." You have to pay a l

"When you’re competing against a government dropping taxpayer money out of metaphorical helicopters, it’s not exactly an even competition." You have to pay a living wage. That's all you have to do. The other side won't bid higher. And given a person has to work to live, whereas a business only has to hire if they see a profit, it fixes the imbalance in power between the two contracting parties. Each party can say 'no deal' and make it stick. Currently there are 19 bones and 20 dogs. A guaranteed alternative income makes it 20 - 20 - and that's fair.