Squaring those things mostly involves deciding if there's moral value in work. If there is, you effectively create a subsidy for low-paid work by supplementing

Squaring those things mostly involves deciding if there's moral value in work. If there is, you effectively create a subsidy for low-paid work by supplementing it via welfare or tax credits. If you don't believe that there's moral value in work, you accept that those jobs will of necessity be moved to lower-waged places on the planet, replaced by automation, or deemed to be not be viable (and probably end up providing living costs via the social safety net).