[kaisen]

Originally Posted by island911

No. It is a direct subsidy to those people. --many of whom LIVE off of welfare.

Many people choose a low paying, but fun, or easy job just to pass the time. ...rather than say, garbage collector.

Hello, and welcome to Walmart.

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

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.

So why not lower minimum wage so more small businesses can thrive? The government will pick up the difference anyway.