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The able-bodied should be working before they receive any kind of government assistance on the basis of being low-income.


Anyone working shouldn't require government assistance on the basis of being low-income.


Why not?


The government shouldn't be subsidizing businesses that refuse to pay sufficient wages.


The government isn't subsidizing businesses when it gives low-wage workers welfare. Those workers would be working just as hard without the welfare, if not harder.




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