OK, I understand your argument now. It's almost like we should guarantee some basic level of comfort to all citizens regardless of their employment status, so that they could afford to be hired on at wages employers are willing to pay...

In a non-agricultural society, either it comes from private employment or it comes from government redistribution. We're past the days when people could be expected to strike out on their own for their sustenance or mooch off of extended families.

Therefore, either we raise wages for our low skills workers, or we provide a sliding scale of basic income dependent on work history, self-improvement aptitude, volunteering, etc.