[robertlagrant]

> There is simply no reason to presume employers are handing out all they can in that case

I didn't say that there was.

> That's the great thing about high employment

Not if it's coming from the public sector. Then it's government taking taxes from businesses and using it to pay people more than said business can. Saying that means the businesses shouldn't exist feels like a statement of faith.

> we find all sorts of shitty (typically small) businesses that cannot make it

We also find good small businesses that can't, and bad public sector ones. We just call the public sector ones "underfunded" when that happens.