RE: Instead of Harsher Work Requirements for Food Stamps....
May 24, 2018 at 11:43 am
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2018 at 11:45 am by The Grand Nudger.)
That;s the disconnect. It doesn;t matter how much a person makes, when it comes to whether or not they need assistance. It matters how much their life costs.
We play with one as an imperfect brute force way to effect the other, but in truth...business doesn;t absorb that increase, it shuffles that off to consumers as a cost. Increasing wages will never have the effect we want without price controls.
If we're not willing to engage in hard price controls..even if we do increase wages, we'll stioll have to offer assistance at whatever rate is necessary. It;s not some sliding negotiation where we can barter for one at the expense of the other.
Regardless of all of the above...business will shift the cost of labor and -also- consume the subsidized benefits.
/twocents.
We play with one as an imperfect brute force way to effect the other, but in truth...business doesn;t absorb that increase, it shuffles that off to consumers as a cost. Increasing wages will never have the effect we want without price controls.
If we're not willing to engage in hard price controls..even if we do increase wages, we'll stioll have to offer assistance at whatever rate is necessary. It;s not some sliding negotiation where we can barter for one at the expense of the other.
Regardless of all of the above...business will shift the cost of labor and -also- consume the subsidized benefits.
/twocents.
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