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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
This is what the minimum wage should be. The minimum amount that one person needs to be able to live comfortably and as you would expect with the minimal quality of life of our country.  Not extravagant, but modestly.

If the job is important enough to have an employee dedicate the full hours of their day to it, those hours should be enough to live on.  If it's not, what's the point?  Charity for the business?
gpt
The minimum wage should be _at least_ the amount someone needs to be paid to avoid requiring government assistance.  Because if someone has a job and is also using food stamps or other such programs, it's essentially the taxpayers writing a check to the owners of the business.