California to Wal-Mart: Pay Better and Stop Forcing Taxpayers to Subsidize your employees. (kids, jobs)
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No we aren't. Working for walmart isn't going to get you any kind of special subsidy. A single mom working the retail floor for McD's, Bestbuy, Target, Walmart, Kroger, Whole foods, AT&T, Subway, Dillard's, Kohl's, AutoZone, Dollar General or any other retailer you can think of will all receive child tax credits and be eligible for food stamps if their income + child support is low enough. The reverse is also true, working for the aforementioned places when you don't have kids won't get you any tax break or government benefits.
We don't subsidize employees, we subsidize single mothers that have low incomes. It's discriminatory to not hire someone just because they are a woman or have kids.
Ok.
So we foot the bill when their income is not a living wage.
what if walmart just shuts down all of their stores? then what, CA will have an even worse unemployment rate. Walmart should do just that, then all the shoppers can shop at more expensive stores. What a great plan.
Yes, people will just stop shopping and starve. Other chains will come in and fill the gap.
CA should raise the min wage or add a health / insurance tax on Walmart. It is not the job of everyone else in CA to subsidize walmart's profits.
Interesting how the corporatists are so against welfare - unless it comes their way.
Yes, people will just stop shopping and starve. Other chains will come in and fill the gap.
CA should raise the min wage or add a health / insurance tax on Walmart. It is not the job of everyone else in CA to subsidize walmart's profits.
Interesting how the corporatists are so against welfare - unless it comes their way.
The Dems are the corporatists. They love to subsidize their buddies in business. Obama loves sending billions to his rich buddies.
The best solution is to end all government welfare for both corporations and individuals.
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