It's also interesting that over half of the people in the fast food industry need the state to allow them to live. Now it would make more sense to make sure that the corporations pay a living wage rather than have the taxpayer take the hit. Otherwise, McDonalds investors do well and the government is paying out money that it shouldn't need to be paying if only corporations were behaving ethically. It's the public who pay when the profits should simply be reduced.

More than Half of Fast Food Workers Rely on Welfare