[John D]

As I said as a taxpayer I don't want to have to pay for these low wage earners receiving section 8 and welfare benefits



And if these low wagers have NO job you are going to pay less? I doubt it. These low paying jobs are for entry level. If a person is worth more they will be paid more in order to keep them. There is no surplus of competent workers. Employees should be paid according to their worth, not some arbitrary amount set by politicians.

[stopem]

"Employees should be paid according to their worth, not some arbitrary amount set by politicians."

I definitely agree with that statement, neither politicians, Aldermen or city councils should dictate what a corp MUST pay their employees. And I also agree they should be paid according to their worth, the majority of us do not know what the big box corp's profit margin is which is irrelevent to this argument only if and again the taxpayer is not having to subsidize their bottom line.

True, if the company pulls up stakes and doesn't hire the low-wage employee to begin with in most cases the taxpayer still pays for some welfare benefits but I think there are requirements that to collect welfare benefits you have to have a job, perhaps I am wrong about that.