Aka the same line companies used when some places tried and succeeded in raising wages. Turns out the prices didn’t go up, only the spending power of those with those wages, who bought more stuff. Some people have a beef against the idea of any sort of welfare net because it might be abused. Then try to make it less abusable, or better yet, try it and see what works, don’t say “we tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas.”