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They use them because they aren’t paid enough to live on. Therefore, the government and thereby our taxes subsidize the company.

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Why don't they quit and find other better paying job?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake

That’s a complicated issue. I’d hope they’d get better jobs, but in the interim, should any full-time position be permitted to pay an unlivable wage? If so, why?

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