I have the solution, but they wouldn’t like it because it’s not “nice”.
Pay them what they’re worth (no minimum wage) and they don’t eat if they don’t work.
Two incentives to get “skilled”.
MrB: “Pay them what they’re worth (no minimum wage) and they don’t eat if they don’t work.”
2 Thessalonians 3:10
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.
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2 Thessalonians 3:8
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
8 nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;