We can't have people forced to choose between teaching their child to read, and feeding them. That's why we need a minimum income, so people don't have to make

We can't have people forced to choose between teaching their child to read, and feeding them. That's why we need a minimum income, so people don't have to make these choices and children all have the chance to excel independent of the circumstances of their birth. Or we could just leave them in grinding poverty AND take away their childcare stipend. That works too.