Why do you never hear this?

business: I can’t afford to pay my employees a living wage.
free market conservatives: Lazy! If you can’t afford one of the basic expenses of running a business, you shouldn’t be running a business. Go back to school and learn how to run a business! Get a better business model! Why should you expect the rest of us to prop up your failure by feeding and clothing the employees YOU can’t pay for with our tax money?