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I think it is. Not in terms of employees but in terms of population: how do you pay for employment insurance? People working pay for people who are out of work
by ornornor 7y ago
I think it is. Not in terms of employees but in terms of population: how do you pay for employment insurance? People working pay for people who are out of work so they get a chance to find work again without getting evicted.
And so the more you earn the more you should pay in taxes which go to those who earn much less or nothing.
If you don’t have that, it’s worse for everyone: more crime, less opportunity, more diseases, etc. These are things that impact everyone, rich or poor.
And when you get high enough up the food chain, yes it sucks to pay 50% tax on your highest bracket but really what is it you can’t do with 5 millions that you can do with 10?
What Walmart does is shameful, and they’re not the only ones underpaying employees and relying on public programs to top it up. But that’s something that could be legislated away: force companies to pay living wages.