[LostInBayport]

Just how accurate is their math anyway?

I am suspicious of any discussion that accepts the term "living wage". That term is akin to the terms "fairness" and "excessive profits": they mean what liberals define them to mean.

[MrB]

Wages are not determined by what you “need”, but by how much value you provide the person paying you - just like any good or service.

[arbitrary.squid]

I don’t disagree with what you are saying. But what does it say about one of the more profitable companies in the US when it pays wages low enough that its employees are eligible for public assistance even when working full time? Are they not making their profits on the backs of taxpayers?

I’m not sure what the answer is. I don’t know that a full-time wage that is low enough to qualify for public assistance is something that we want for adults, though.