It is distressing. I'm in favor of a living wage for everyone that works or is disabled/retired. What I can't decide on is what to do with those that will choose not to work. What if it was 1% of the population? Or 5%? Or...?
Well seeing as the current unemployment is well over 5% I'm not sure that's a real issue.
Indeed. In fact, when economists talk about full employment, they don't even mean 100% - it's thought that at least some unemployment is needed to control inflation.