not quite - you have to think like a government. If people get paid less, the people who finance a given company get to keep more money, it might also be cheape

not quite - you have to think like a government. If people get paid less, the people who finance a given company get to keep more money, it might also be cheaper for consumers. The government has its hands in every stage of every economic interaction. What's "lost" in one area is made up in another. Even a drug dealer has to go to the gas station for example.