So this new minumum wage thing?

My company never got 1cent of tax incentives and most never do. Maybe big huge corporations like Walmart, or auto manufacturers or multi billion dollar corporations get tax incentives. in case you don't understand what that means, and I'm pretty sure you don't, it means they get a reduced tax rate, which means they don't pay as much corporate tax, it don't mean they get out of paying taxes, it just means that for a few years the government lets them pay less in return for creating jobs that create another tax stream. most smaller companies, and by that I mean companies making less than $500 million a year aren't getting these incentives. I suggest you take some business and accounting courses and sit in on a few planning and zoning meetings and maybe you will get a clue about what's involved in running a business and you will also find out how little assistance the government is willing to give.

Not trying to dis you or the company you built. It's the problem with these conversations people get lumped into groups.

I drive cab for a living use to make $1200 a week last few years was down to $800 now fluctuates between $300-600 far from poor far from minimum wage but I do classify my self in this category. But I do drive these people you talk about daily its just a lot of hard working people trying to get by.

There's no reason a place like Walmart and the like can't pay a living wage. If not then we need to design a whole new system.