How much it costs to exists has no bearing on what companies should pay you. That would be like me trying to get a raise based on my mortgage being unaffordable.

People laboring and not making enough to fund their labor do the same thing. They die. Really.

And that’s a social issue. Raising minimum wage to take care of that makes about as much sense as your health insurance being tied to your employer.

Let the free market sort out how much people should get paid and let the government and the taxpayers (including corporation) provide a safety net.

Yes I consider myself to be a “big government free market capitalist”.

It is one thing to suggest doing that for a small business makes sense. Fine. It is quite another to suggest large, very profitable ones need us to do that. They don't, and that is what this is about.

Okay, so we have the government provide a safety net, tax all business the same at a graduated tax rate like we do individuals and let them deduct wages like they do now.