Many Walmart employees qualify for and get FOOD STAMPS.
In other words, the government is subsidizing Walmart.
Walmart is not the problem there; foodstamps are. The federal gov’t should collect taxes only to support the “common” good. National defense, border security, interstate commerce are a few examples that come to mind. Charity for individuals does not serve the common good of the entire nation. Why should someone in North Dakota have to buy food for someone in Detroit? Why should workers in North Carolina send checks to people in Iowa who don’t work?
Childless couples in New Mexico should not be forced to provide school lunches for kids in Georgia.
“Many Walmart employees qualify for and get FOOD STAMPS.
In other words, the government is subsidizing Walmart.”
Not this BS again. Walmart pays a legal wage and are under no obligation ot pay more than minimum wage to any employee. If the workers dont like it they can find another job.
Anyone working in a low end retail or restaurant job can probably qualify for food stamps.
Seniors on fixed incomes? Food stamps.
COLLEGE students? Food stamps.
Low ranking enlisted people in the military? Food stamps.
Children of illegal immigrants? FOOD STAMPS. They can even get info about applying while they are still in Mexico....
an OPEC country.
So your point is????
Who ISN'T SUBSIDIZED by the OBAMA government???
WalMart alone can and should fix this by paying unskilled people more than their average worker pay of $12 an hour? ($9 an hour to start, plus benefits, 30% above minimum wage for minimally productive unskilled workers)
Guess what happens if Walmart pays more and raises prices? The people who shop there with FOOD STAMPS get to pay higher prices. How's that gonna work for them?
At least people with jobs of any kind use food stamps as a supplement, not the entire food budget