Opinion | Bernie Sanders wants you to know the high cost of our low minimum wage - The Washington Post

...All too many Americans work full-time, but are paid so little that they still need to rely on such government benefits as food stamps and Medicaid to get by. In his view, that amounts to corporate welfare. "Why should the taxpayers of our country," Sanders said Thursday, "many of whom are struggling economically as a result of the pandemic, be subsidizing the starvation wages being paid at some of the largest and most profitable corporations in America?"...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/27/bernie-sanders-minimum-wage/