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Wal-Mart Relies On Taxpayers To Subsidize Low Wages
Business Insider ^ | June 1, 2013 | Emily Coyle

Posted on 01/06/2014 6:54:56 AM PST by steelhead_trout

Edited on 01/06/2014 6:58:56 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

According to The Huffington Post, Congressional Democrats released a study Thursday that demonstrated how Wal-Mart’s wages are so low that many of its workers must rely on food stamps and other government aid programs, costing taxpayers as much as $900,0000 at just one Wal-Mart Supercenter in Wisconsin.

The report, “The Low-Wage Drag on Our Economy,” was produced by Democrats with the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.


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To: skinkinthegrass
You're welcome.

Brrr, it's supposed to hit 22 degrees here in Mississippi tonight, that's more than cold enough for me. Stay safe and warm.

Coldest I've ever been in was -35 (before the wind chill factor) on a trip to Thule, Greenland a number of years ago.

The 2 block walk from the "hotel" to the chow hall about froze my face off and I was fully bundled in Muklucks, and a Parka suit.

All the trucks there were just left running 24/7 to make sure they didn't freeze up and could be used.

Ah, memories, aren't they great?

341 posted on 01/06/2014 5:27:02 PM PST by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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To: Col Freeper; steelhead_trout
Dang! Missed it! steelhead_trout "got away"...before I could join in on the troll taunting fun :(

Silly Marxist Troll, capitalism is for grown ups.

342 posted on 01/06/2014 5:38:56 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: TheOldLady
LOL, thanks TOL.

I read through the whole thread (I always do) to get the "feel" of the Zottee.

I agree with Laz (and others) that this one was a paid Troll.

The "dodging and weaving" and the "innocence/don't quite understand what you're getting at" gives them away.

Their goal is to last as long as possible in the hopes of planting seeds of doubt/discontent/leftist propaganda into the minds of new/casual FR readers.

Unfortunately for them two things have happened over the years:

1. Jim put the kabosh on all the leftists coming here to have never-ending, bandwidth wasting "reasonable discussions with conservatives" (one of the best things Jim ever did IMHO).

2. FR now has a broad group of Troll watchers with long memories who all realize that the leftist Trolls are only interesting in disrupting/propagandizing, not discussing.

My Motto: "Find them, Expose them, and Zot them to Oblivion (and beyond)!"

Stay safe and warm.

343 posted on 01/06/2014 5:41:38 PM PST by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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To: TheOldLady
That IS cooooollllldd!! Maybe the Polar Vortex (cough, cough) will douse algore's "flame".

Stay safe and warm!! It's only 30º here....swimsuit weather :)

344 posted on 01/06/2014 5:43:49 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Jane Long
LOL, well as I believe Gov. Palin said: "Dead fish float down stream" (or something like that).

I guess he/she/it is a "smoked trout" about now, eh?

345 posted on 01/06/2014 5:45:32 PM PST by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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To: darkwing104; steelhead_trout

Troll fishing ZOT!

346 posted on 01/06/2014 5:52:14 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: Col Freeper; TheOldLady; Jane Long

Couldn’t agree more. I always like to read the whole of zot threads also, and find myself agitated to see trolls indulged, entertained with civil conversation, by our side.

Jane, I missed all the fun in real time, too.

TOL, it’s soo fun to see you fire up the lightening. I thought you would never get here! Whoo Hoo!

Happy New Year, you guys.
Rita


347 posted on 01/06/2014 6:06:05 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: Col Freeper

Right on all counts, Sir! Thanks.


348 posted on 01/06/2014 6:52:08 PM PST by TheOldLady
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To: Jane Long

It has gone down to -10.1°F, and I’m going to bed very soon.

There is an area heater in the bedroom.

Sleep well, and stay warm.


349 posted on 01/06/2014 6:55:30 PM PST by TheOldLady
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To: RitaOK
Happy New Year to you, too, Rita! How cold is it in OK, right now?

Stay warm...we're out by the pool down here in SE TX....NOT ;-)

350 posted on 01/06/2014 6:59:12 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: RitaOK

I like to peruse the thread as well before posting the ZOT graphic, troll insults, and ridicule.

Knowing the trolls’ positions and opinions makes it easier for me to rip them to shreds.

I’m such a harmless old lady. [little rolly-eyed smiley] [tries to look innocent] [fails miserably]


351 posted on 01/06/2014 6:59:16 PM PST by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady
I made a batch of Taco Soup...I'll send you some :-) That, and some fire wood!

Goodnight...sleep well.

352 posted on 01/06/2014 7:00:49 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Jane Long
Rocking along at 10 degrees at 9 PM in OK. Headed to 7 degrees in TX panhandle. Returned from Dallas area yesterday at 21 degrees with high winds, 40 mph. Wind chill was painful. Ferocious global warming affects, don't you know. Conclusive evidence for said warming abounds everywhere. /s %;)♡
353 posted on 01/06/2014 7:13:56 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: Col Freeper
sorry, for delay..had carve the ice off the keyboard..(-3° F)
yeah..I remember one Christmas Eve, early '80s had -19°/
20mph, walking in T.shoes cKY...stupid back then.

354 posted on 01/06/2014 7:59:38 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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To: steelhead_trout
Or to pay its (in the case of WalMart) much abused employees chiken-shi’ite wages with no bennies and fob the costs on to Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer.

Asserting that a large corporation like WalMart doesn't pay its employees well or offer good benefits is fair enough, but, beyond that, your rhetoric closely resembles the routine and clumsy propaganda of the anti-capitalist left, and your assertion that WalMart is "fobbing" the costs on to Mr. & Mrs. Taxpayer is without any factual basis that I'm aware of.

You seem to have absorbed (and embraced) a fair bit of Marxist propaganda at some point during the evolution of your political views, and I'm sure that such sentiments would meet a receptive audience over at a place like DU, but to try to foment such transparent collectivist nonsense on a conservative, pro-business forum like FR is naive at best, and intentionally disruptive at worst.

There are ample examples of actual corporate welfare for We the People to be furious about in this country, but the WalMart situation you cite is not one of them.

355 posted on 01/06/2014 8:09:15 PM PST by sargon (I don't like the sound of these here Boncentration Bamps!)
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To: Alex Murphy

My apologies got posts mixed up!


356 posted on 01/06/2014 8:52:47 PM PST by Kansas58
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To: TheOldLady

You are correct, my error thanks!


357 posted on 01/06/2014 8:55:25 PM PST by Kansas58
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To: JRandomFreeper

What is a living wage?


358 posted on 01/07/2014 6:15:17 AM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: bigdaddy45

Sigh
Walmart pays what the market dictates
They have the lowest turnover of entry level people because wages are competitive and chance for advancement is high


359 posted on 01/07/2014 6:17:22 AM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: yuleeyahoo

Many? How do you know that because liberals told you?


360 posted on 01/07/2014 6:20:51 AM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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