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wasoxygen  ·  4083 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?