Declan
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It seems simple in my view, if the employer is paying a bare minimum that has been deemed necessary in order to survive wherever that employee is working, City, region, whatever, then the worker who is collecting those wages doesn't need My money to cover the rest of the rent and/or weekly food bill. They can cover the bare bones needs and We taxpayers save dough.
It seems simple but it isn't. The current MW worker working full time brings home enough money to put them almost at the poverty level for a family of two and if they had a family of two then the EITC would push them well above that but they would still likely be elgible for some form of public assistance, especially if that other person in their household is a child.