It isn't up to the employer to do that, this is just a market inefficiency that we have to deal with due to our choice not to let people starve to death, etc. Right now employers like Walmart have their wage costs artificially depressed because they have been able to externalize some of those costs. That's bad economics, so we should change that.
The fact that an entry-level job cannot support a single mom with 2 kids is not a "market-inefficiency". It is a liberal values inefficiency. This should be obvious since a single mom with 2 kids requires a "living wage" ~30% higher than that for a married couple with 2 kids.
Maybe Miss Single Mom should get married and or train to get a better job, at least, move closer to extended family who can help provide child care, ideally, And get on with her life.
I would say that minimum wage jobs should probably be indexed to inflation, though honestly I haven't studied the issue enough. Most low wage retail jobs, restaurant, salesperson, etc. jobs have incredibly high turnover because they tend to be so low skilled that eventually people transition away from them naturally as they build experience. Lower skilled workers tend to not take risks either so it's even more difficult to convince them to move to another industry or move up to higher paying jobs.
Spot on.
It's not only about the mother. The children have absolutely no responsibility on their situation.
Condemning children to poverty has extremely costly economic externalities, on top of being heinous on so many other levels.
Humans only learn by example. Rewarding irresponsible decision making by throwing money at them for supporting their kids does nothing but raise one generation after another of public assistance lifers.
There should be hard limits, and there should be choices forced upon them... Already have two kids and on welfare? Want extra assistance? Let the state tie your tubes, or snip you. In fact, I'm all for offering tax free cash to those willing to undergo that procedure.
Humans only learn by example. Rewarding irresponsible decision making by throwing money at them for supporting their kids does nothing but raise one generation after another of public assistance lifers.
There should be hard limits, and there should be choices forced upon them... Already have two kids and on welfare? Want extra assistance? Let the state tie your tubes, or snip you. In fact, I'm all for offering tax free cash to those willing to undergo that procedure.
Uhmm, duh? Our 'liberal values' of 'children shouldn't starve to death' makes it possible for unscrupulous companies to abuse the system. That's why we should work to stop that.
Ok, that's pretty gross. You're getting into nehalem256 territory here.
Uhmm, duh? Our 'liberal values' of 'children shouldn't starve to death' makes it possible for unscrupulous companies to abuse the system. That's why we should work to stop that.
nehalem is just mad because women are involved somehow.
It used to be, corporations were chartered "for the public good". They are responsible for that. If they are not, they should be disbanded, and their charters revoked.Im not advocating that children starve. Im advocating personal responsibility. Youre trying to push the mothers bad choices or unfortunate circumstances permanently onto corporations which have NO inherent responsibility to anybody.
Walmart does have FTE available that can support that mother in the situation you like to use. Companies aren't "abusing the system" as you put it. If they were, then change the system and the company will adjust. If you want to start your own company and pay your living wage there is nothing stopping you. Until then you don't get a say in how company X is run. It's not your place.
Thats the problem with the statist mindset... just one more law...one more piece of legislation and we will have our utopia... it basically stems from jealousy.
So you really believe if we cancel welfare Walmart will increase its wages? Do you REALLY believe that, or are you just being an idiot? NO ONE who studies economics, NO ONE who uses logic and facts to form an opinion will tell you that companies will give low skilled workers a raise if we cancel welfare. NO ONE.
Im not advocating that children starve. Im advocating personal responsibility. Youre trying to push the mothers bad choices or unfortunate circumstances permanently onto corporations which have NO inherent responsibility to anybody.
Walmart does have FTE available that can support that mother in the situation you like to use. Companies aren't "abusing the system" as you put it. If they were, then change the system and the company will adjust. If you want to start your own company and pay your living wage there is nothing stopping you. Until then you don't get a say in how company X is run. It's not your place.
Thats the problem with the statist mindset... just one more law...one more piece of legislation and we will have our utopia... it basically stems from jealousy.
So lets end welfare and food stamps.
Problem fixed, since in your mind it is such a problem.
Once we end welfare and food stamps, I'm gonna arm all the poor people and send em to your house. Then maybe you'll understand why those programs exist in the first place.
Of course we have a say in how walmart is run, don't be absurd. What do you think the law is?
Also, I'm explicitly advocating to change the system.
Finally, I'm also advocating for personal responsibility. You appear to be content with subsidizing walmarts wage policy. I am not.
What you are describing sounds an awful lot like extortion.
Once we end welfare and food stamps, I'm gonna arm all the poor people and send em to your house. Then maybe you'll understand why those programs exist in the first place.
Once we end welfare and food stamps, I'm gonna arm all the poor people and send em to your house. Then maybe you'll understand why those programs exist in the first place.