They want to game the system because they feel entitled and think socialism is their answer.
http://mynorthwest.com/91419/they-asked-for-a-higher-wage-but-now-they-want-fewer-hours/
We learned this week that a local nonprofit, Full Life Care, started to notice that their workers were asking to work less hours, despite getting a pay bump, thanks to Phase 1 of the $15 an hour law. Obviously that might shock some of you. If you’re low income and you just got a raise (in this case to $13 an hour), you’d think the workers would embrace this because it means more pay for the same amount of work.
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It turns out, they’re asking for less hours because now that they’re making more money, they’re being taken off subsidies that make their life just a little bit easier for them. Without it, they’re making more of an hourly wage, but they’re still poor (and now without additional help).