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Originally Posted by SebC
If the employee's market value (i.e. productivity) is below $15/hour, and we consider that to be below a livable wage, I actually think it's far more reasonable for society in general to subsidize that person than the person who employs them. The employer could choose to simply not employ that person, and then society loses whatever productivity they may have contributed below the minimum wage threshold.
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That is only acceptable if we consider minimum wage jobs to be the 'first job' type jobs. Start at minimum wage and work yourself up. If that is the case I have no problem helping subsidize that person while he is moving up the ladder until he has a job where he doesn't need welfare.
Problem is lots of people just work minimum wage jobs and don't really move up any ladder.
Personally I think anyone that makes a half decent living and shops at Walmart is a moron simply because Walmart treats their workers like garbage.