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If the government must give these people food stamps so they can live, then Walmart is not paying a living wage. The living wage would be "Walmart wages" + food
by aylons 13y ago
If the government must give these people food stamps so they can live, then Walmart is not paying a living wage. The living wage would be "Walmart wages" + food stamps.
Government is subsidizing Walmart by allowing them to pay less than a living wage and complementing the money with US tax payers dollars.
- bradleyjg 13y agoFood stamps are a fairly broad program -- one fifth of US households receive them. Certainly not all such households would starve to death without them, it's a politically palatable cash substitute.
- camus2 13y ago> Certainly not all such households would starve to death Yeah, let's them simply "starve" then, but not to death, hey ? , I cant believe people can write things like that.
- protomyth 13y agoIts so deeply worked into the farm bill every time and farm rules and subsidies, its basically a political nightmare to break out and change.
- yummyfajitas 13y agoIf the government must give these people food stamps so they can live... They don't. Where I live, GDP/capita adjusting for PPP is less than what you'd make earning $8.25/hour at walmart working 20 hours/week with no govt benefits of any kind. There is no mass die-off. (Note: my numbers are adjusted for cost of living. So don't tell me that "it's cheaper here" - I'm taking that into account. Unlike the US poor, people here live in crowded apartments, take shared transport to work, and learn to survive without 24/7 water.) You are simply wrong. The government is subsidizing poor people's consumption, not walmart.