What has been obvious to me for some time is that between the 24% of Americans who are looking for work or make Under 26K a year and the children and the elderly most Americans need some sort of government assistance just to LIVE.
So we either are going to have to force companies to pay people a living wage or provide people more assistance in the form of free healthcare, living assistance, worker rights and consumer rights. Companies that pay people less than a living wage SHOULD be paying the bulk of this expense.