But just as the funding from an increase in government transfer payments has to come from somewhere, so, too, does the funding from an increase in the minimum wage. (businessinsider.com)
Either way, someone else's spending will decrease in order to fund the increased spending by the recipients of government transfer payments. (businessinsider.com)
The reasoning goes that people that are dependent on Government transfer payments will become politically active if it is said political opponents are going to cut their free - lunch. (carnegieendowment.org)