Right-winger says paying people to work is "welfare" (a LOLapaloozer)

Damn, nothing brings out the zany in right-wing Internet trolls like the topic of raising the pay of fast food workers. Our first LOLapaloozer installment was about this very subject, and now that the fast food strikes are kicking up again, so is the right-wing vitriol against restaurant employees.

Today the RNC-bankrolled right-wing troll brigade has been bombarding Fast Food Forward's Facebook page. They're even insisting that paying people to work is the same as welfare. One indignant whiner said in part...

"Paying $15 an hour for fast food labor is another form of welfare. ... The bedrock of America consists of people who strive to better themselves. The burden of America are those who don't. Someone who prefers to put out the least amount of effort possible should not be rewarded just because he is 'a man'."

How is it "welfare" to pay people to work? Is anything other than slavery a form of "welfare"? How can someone "put out the least amount of effort possible" when they have one of the most grueling jobs around?

When I pointed out that the page was being invaded by right-wing foot soldiers, one replied...

"prices are set by the market tim not you ..."

What do you think "the market" consists of, genius? Isn't "the market" supposed to be guided by consumers?

Not for the first time, the right-wing brain trust just doesn't get it.