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Albeit a minimum wage hike or a government handout, somebody is having to come up with the money to support those full time workers on minimum wage. Take Wallma
by SCAQTony 11y ago
Albeit a minimum wage hike or a government handout, somebody is having to come up with the money to support those full time workers on minimum wage. Take Wallmart as an example:
Walmart workers at a single 300-person Supercenter store rely on anywhere from $904,542 to $1,744,590 in public benefits per year"
http://democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/sites/democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/files/documents/WalMartReport-May2013.pdf http://democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/sites/democrats.edwor...
The Forbes author applauds the Earned income tax credit as a subsidy but this again is the government having to co-pay Wallmart's employees with tax dollars.