1. Raise the minimum wage to a living wage so that people working those jobs can survive, without (or with minimal) government assistance. This will mean a minor increase in prices, but it will save you from paying higher taxes to pay for food stamps, heating assistance, etc.
2. Keep the minimum wage low, yet continue to pay higher taxes to support the poor through food stamps, heating assistance, etc. Even if you don't use the services paying minimum wages, you will help pay their workers.
3. Allow lower wages and do not pay the taxes to support the low wage workers. Turn them into virtual slaves - living on the brink of starvation and without adequate shelter.
To anyone with even an ounce of common sense, #1 is the obvious choice in a nation as rich as ours.
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