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Originally Posted by kaisen
If people making minimum wage are also receiving money from the government, isn't that an indirect subsidy to those businesses?
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No, because the gov't. assistance a worker gets has nothing to do with their place of work. If they lose that job, they still get that gov't. assistance. If they moonlight for under the table cash, they still get gov't. assistance. If they have kids, they get more gov't. assistance. If anything, gov't. assistance encourages them to stay on the lower rungs of the economic ladder. And that gov't. assistance has to come from somewhere, likely the taxes paid by the business.