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The Walton family fortune has has been earned with public subsidies in that Walmart pays its workers substandard wages so that they are forced to rely on public assistance like food stamps. So in effect the taxpayer is paying part of these workers' wages to allow Walmart ever bigger profits.
Also Walmart receives many many tax breaks from state and local governments.
Raise the threshold on public subsidies so that labor wages return to market equilibrium.
quite simply, because they are idle and do not work.
Everyone should make a contribution to the country, a contribution in blood, sweat or tears.
what have these folks done?
That's just basic laziness. Lots of rich kids who are not made to work for anything get into trouble. But as long as they do it on their own family's dime, that is their business. There are lots of spoiled trust fund brats out there.
Sure, till your prices are more than someone else can pay for the same steel, then the steel is bought from someone else, and your steel mill goes under.
The Walton family fortune has has been earned with public subsidies in that Walmart pays its workers substandard wages so that they are forced to rely on public assistance like food stamps. So in effect the taxpayer is paying part of these workers' wages to allow Walmart ever bigger profits.
Also Walmart receives many many tax breaks from state and local governments.
And there's no one forcing them to stay at Walmart.
Nothing substandard about min wage..that's what Congress has set it at.
Go petition the Fed to nationalize Walmart and pay everyone $20/hour with full benefits and pensions.
Heck, go all out and petition that government turn communist and nationalize everything and everyone will get paid like government workers because they will be government workers.
To some of you people..that is the path you are going down only you haven't quite voiced the word yet..COMMUNISM.
I'll tell you what is a travesty - that our military can justify paying such low wages to our men and women who are enlisted, that they and their families qualify for food stamps, free or reduced lunches, WIC, etc. In fact, many military families fall FAR below the official "poverty line."
I'll tell you what is a travesty - that our military can justify paying such low wages to our men and women who are enlisted, that they and their families qualify for food stamps, free or reduced lunches, WIC, etc. In fact, many military families fall FAR below the official "poverty line."
And that same military has no problem paying $998,000.00 to ship 2 $.19 washers from SC to TX
so why should the taxpayer be expected to make up the wages to a 'more acceptable level'?
For the same reason we are now expected to tip waiters, bellhops and other service sector workers for merely doing their job without adding any special considerations. When something becomes so prevelant so as to represent the norm, employers forego paying a living wage for providing that service.
Our own stupidity for tipping for anything beyond exemplory or outstanding service.
You all hate unions so much? Reducing them was the mantra for all of you? Well this should make you all very happy shouldn't it? Now you get hit with the make-up wage instead of the employer. What goes around comes around.
For the same reason we are now expected to tip waiters, bellhops and other service sector workers for merely doing their job without adding any special considerations. When something becomes so prevelant so as to represent the norm, employers forego paying a living wage for providing that service.
Our own stupidity for tipping for anything beyond exemplory or outstanding service.
You all hate unions so much? Reducing them was the mantra for all of you? Well this should make you all very happy shouldn't it? Now you get hit with the make-up wage instead of the employer. What goes around comes around.
Funny you should bring that up. That very topic is over in the frugal living forum and I've been told that 20% is the "expected norm" now and has been for at least 10 years.
I asked the poster to please link where that social rule got changed..still waiting
yeah..20% is your "expected tip" now regardless of service or quality of food BECAUSE the wait staff don't make that much money.
I'm still sticking to the "old rules" myself.
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