07-03-2013, 04:54 AM
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Originally posted by Oregon Woodsmoke
As far as I can see, Walmart bashing is a national hobby and people just repeat what they have heard without checking it out.
I know 4 Walmart employees, they all like their jobs, earn more than minimum wage, and receive benefits.
I read a different article; it says the average 300-employee Walmart costs its "host" economy about $900K/year in subsidies.
It goes something like this: the "average" Walmart employee is kept in perpetual part-time, so they don't get benefits; at minimum wage, they don't earn enough to break the poverty line, so they're subsidized by welfare/food stamps/etc.
It's somewhat ironic that these employees pay taxes which are then returned to them as subsidies; seems like it would be more efficient to make the minimum wage fully tax-exempt, thereby eliminating the administrative overhead of taking/returning the money.