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wasoxygen · 4063 days ago · link · · parent · post: Fast-Food Wages Come With a $7 Billion Side of Public Assistance - Businessweek
The "next best option" is worse, by definition. If he had a better option he wouldn't be asking you for a job. I am still unclear on how giving someone a job they want is noble at one salary level but shameful at another. This guy wants to work. He doesn't want to depend on public-assistance programs. He has a mark on his record which makes it tough to get hired. He is willing to work for $25,000. He doesn't have a better option. He looks like he will be as good a worker as your other applicants. How can it be better to deny him an income than to give him an income?