Seattle and the minimum wage increase

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(07-21-2015, 06:53 PM)fredtoast Wrote: But the fact is that there are a limited number of joibs that people can work themselves up into.  Even if everyone worked hard their are only a limited number of people that will end up with jobs good enough to support a family. When they system dictates that not everyone can work their way to the top the question becomes "How do we treat the people at the bottom?"

As of now, at least in my community, there are more jobs than there are workers, especially if you throw in minimum wage job opportunities. That is to say, there are jobs available, but people aren't working because they'd rather live off the government.

So, why don't we first fill those actual jobs?

But, to answer your question, let's incentivize them into not living off the government. The government should only provide the very basics of living - food and shelter - for those that TRULY need it.