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>1) Walmart (or other) companies pay so low wages that employees are eligible for food stamps or other subsidies. This is utterly outrageous and should be a cri
by closeparen 7y ago
>1) Walmart (or other) companies pay so low wages that employees are eligible for food stamps or other subsidies. This is utterly outrageous and should be a criminal offense - at least, states should be allowed to claw back the assistance costs plus a 200% fine from the company to discourage this behavior.
It's cheaper for the taxpayer to supplement a low wage than to provide for someone with no wage.
- mschuster91 7y ago> It's cheaper for the taxpayer to supplement a low wage than to provide for someone with no wage. The private owners of Walmart extract profit, but refuse to provide their workers with a wage they can survive (!!!) on. The point of social welfare programs is to help those in need, not to help profitable businesses make even more profits.
- cameronbrown 7y agoWhat GP is saying is Walmart aren't likely to start paying a worker fairly, they're more likely to just fire them and get someone even more desperate. Food stamps are awful but for now it's better than people going hungry. In the meantime there needs to be solutions, they're a temporary fix at best.
- closeparen 7y agoWelfare budget that we invest in spiting private owners is then no longer available for making net improvements for people in need. Any government service saves businesses from having to pay workers enough to buy that service in the market. That’s usually a good thing for all involved. We don’t complain that public schools are a subsidy to employers who would otherwise pay enough for private school tuition.