Seattle and the minimum wage increase

[fredtoast]

(07-22-2015, 12:31 PM)PhilHos Wrote: 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.

So how do you know that there are more jobs than workers available?