A lot of comments have the assumption that it is corporations responsibility to look after people. That philosophy is how we get healthcare tied to one's employer. That approach attaches workers to their employer and makes switching jobs harder.
I think it is better to see it as the government's responsibility to take care of it citizens. Medicaid, food stamps, and the negative income tax represents this approach. We don't necessarily see it as a bad thing that the government takes care of citizens. If someone is struggling, it is the governments role to step in and support that person.
But it does make sense to talk about whether these programs provide sufficient support, or if our approach to taxation, which supports these programs, is fair.
Setting reasonable minimum wages would take care of citizens without a patchwork of programs being needed.
Sorbet may fix things, but at that point, just use a language with more mature tooling around types, like Python or TypeScript.
Dynamic types offer dubious marginal benefits but bring tons of downsides. The demonstrations in this article reflect that.