Taxpayer here, and former low-paid wage slave, I agree with alienthrowaway.
I am a tax payer - tax payers are also on the hook for food stamps and other costs that are a direct result of McJobs not paying enough.
But in one case, they are being productive, in the other case, they are not.
I prefer having people on the dole if they are productive rather than sitting at home entertaining themselves at my expense. There is no societal upside to that.