I am not recommending it, but it probably would be less harmful all around if the government in the first place frankly subsidized the wages of submarginal workers at the work they were already doing.

• 虽然我不主张搞补贴，但是如果政府首先公开地对那些处于边际生产水平以下的工人进行直接的工资补贴，或许从总体上看，它所造成的损失可能会小一些。