The minimum wage argument needs to be flipped to expose what opponents of raising it are saying. Which means we need the End Taxpayer Subsidy of Business Expenses Act.
The current minimum wage is so low it is poverty wages, meaning - for workers not to die in the street from../1
The current minimum wage is so low it is poverty wages, meaning - for workers not to die in the street from../1
...hunger, their wages must be supplemented with government support - food stamps, etc. Businesses *could not survive* without those taxpayer subsidies, because they are not paying subsistence wages. They are schluffing off a huge portion of their labor costs onto taxpayers.../2
...which means *our* taxes are going to the bottom line of the Walmarts of the world. (A cut in expenses translates to pure profit) Thats why Walmart, McDonald's, etc have departments whose job is to teach employees.../3
...how to apply for government benefits that they wouldnt qualify for if corps paid their own costs. The minimum wage would be $13.55 (at 40 hrs/wk) to end taxpayer subsidies of Walmart. Every hour less should require wage to be raised. Because Im sick of paying Walmart's costs
…the bottom line: if a businesses’ product or service is so terrible that it can’t pay its own costs - that is, enough for its employees to survive without government assistance - then it deserves to go out of business. That’s capitalism. vanityfair.com/news/politics/…
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