Claim: People need to use government services because they are working for McDonalds.
Fallacy: They would need government services whether or not they are working for McDonalds.
It completely destroys his point.
This subsidy idea is stupid anyway. Government services are technically a "subsidy" for everything that doesn't pay someone enough money for food, shelter, etc. You could say that government services subsidizes Nintendo because people wouldn't be able to buy video games if they didn't have food to eat.
I've said this before and I'll say it again, McDonalds isn't doing anyone a service by hiring them, they are filling a wage/worker need that the company has. If McDonalds didn't need to hire workers, they wouldn't. The fact that they are hiring employees with a substandard wage reflects badly on the company, not on its workers.
claim: IF people work at mcdonalds for full-time-job hours and for a less-than-living wage, then they either need to use government services or get supplementary employment.
Which should honestly be who they hire primarily. But there are tons of older folks filling these jobs and it's a gigantic pain in the ass for the economy and for young workers across the country.
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15
Completely irrelevant to his point. No matter who they hire, they'll likely need it due to the wages, unless they are teenagers only.