Why we need a mandatory living wage:

[Dystopia]

Here I see government intervention as a problem - Maybe in the US it's a lack of intervention the problem

Depends on how you define intervention. Here, our government regularly "intervenes"- in that it is often an accomplice to whatever douchemove wealth wants to foist upon poverty. Government operates in the red so that business can operate in the black (almost as if one were a shell for the other). We're cooking the books for these fuckers- and then taking the flak.

A good example would be for the government to run companies that have always been private by nature and are not compatible with the State's typical bureaucracy. Let's say the government wants to run a sports company - It's not efficient and I oppose it - They should stick to healthcare, education and other basic necessities - Even plane companies should not be owned by the government (mostly, not all), flying is not a basic human necessity and costs a lot.

In the case of portugal, sometimes a private company is bankrupting the government injects money on them, to prevent bankruptcy - I disagree with this - If they are a private entity and failed, let them sink.