I don't think it works if we're narrowly focused just on wages, but I don't know why that has to be the only focus. If we as a society want to support people h

I don't think it works if we're narrowly focused just on wages, but I don't know why that has to be the only focus. If we as a society want to support people having a baseline quality of life, then let's pay for it together rather than pushing it all on employers. I don't think we put enough money behind it today, but the Earned Income Tax Credit is designed to do this while minimizing the disincentives for people to work. https://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics-the-earned-income-tax-credit https://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics-the-earned-incom...