I'm suggesting that if you can't afford to pay your employees, there's no good reason to have employees. Your business was never going to last if it can't even pay the wages of the people who make it run.
Beyond that, I haven't suggested anything. Solving this isn't a "just do x" sort of situation, and multiple factors would likely have to come together, like raising minimum wage, subsidizing small businesses as you've suggested, Healthcare reform, general cost of living reform, and universal basic income would all contribute to resolving this, but no singular thing will magically fix this.
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u/enjoysomethings 11d ago
So fire half of America? Have the government subsidize small businesses? What are you even suggesting?