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According to the game, every single security officer either starves or can't get to work. I was originally eager to learn more from the game, but became more upset by the hyperbole that by the social situation. (Or is the premise that there are no security officers, having all been unable to reach work or died of starvation?)

That probably led me to apply higher scrutiny to the line in the petition:

> No job in this country should pay so little that employees can’t make ends meet.

I believe in a safety net (along with what appears to be a shrinking majority of Americans [1]). However, I strongly disagree with any statement that equates to using legislation to ensure that every profession is viable forever. That philosophy would lead to subsidized buggy whip manufacturers, it would prevent anyone from adapting to changing times, it would prevent wages from signaling to workers where they can serve some of the most vital and immediate needs of society.

On the other side, as population increases in certain areas, the supply of livable resources will decrease. Costs of living rise, and in so doing, encourage more efficient use of space. While pricing people out of an area can be tragic, the unintended consequences of artificially halting this trend, allowing unchecked increases of population density beyond what an area can support, are even more frightening.

[1] http://www.people-press.org/2012/06/04/section-4-values-abou...