Why not solve simple poverty on an at-will basis in our at-will employment States through the equity and equality of equal protection of the laws?
Anyone not officially living in poverty should be able to pay taxes, afford insurance, and avoid homelessness—this is the goal of addressing official poverty.
The current welfare system is inefficient, expensive, and prone to abuse, fraud, and waste because it tackles complex forms of poverty rather than focusing on simple poverty.
Why not solve simple poverty on an at-will basis in our at-will employment states, leveraging the equal protection clause to ensure fairer employment practices? The necessary legal and physical infrastructure already exists and only requires modernization to meet contemporary economic needs. Unemployment compensation in our at-will employment States that solves for official poverty could be the new 'minimum wage' instead of the current minimum wage that employers are subject to. In my opinion, that should mean that wages would be more responsive to inflationary pressures since anyone who feels they are not making enough, could simply quit on an at-will basis and collect unemployment compensation that solves for official poverty. We should also have no homelessness due to unequal protection of the laws.
Under capitalism, circulating capital is essential. Increased circulation benefits the economy, as seen with the full employment of capital resources. What could be more Efficient than that?
