Opinion
The
conservative approach to the wages of the working poor has, in part,
resulted in apparent bargains for shoppers. Cheap prices at
Wal-Mart, Kroger and McDonalds are a direct result of low wages,
little or low benefits and manipulated work schedules.
Wake
up shoppers! What you are saving on goods you will spend on medical
care, food stamps and other life sustaining tax payer supported goods
and services for these employees.
Data
collected from Ohio
public records indicate the following:(DDN 7/21/13
The
number of employees' or family members using tax payer
supported Medicaid from 2008-2013:
Wal-mart
9,000 – 17,700
McDonalds
10,000 – 14,000
Kroger*
4,000– 6,700
*A
unionized company
More
relevant information
Some
folks may rationalize by saying…...So
what? Those workers are all teenagers. They live at home.” But the
median age of today’s fast-food worker is over 29, and many are
trying to support families. One estimate claims that a family of four
needs nearly $90,000 a year to get by in the nation’s capital.
That’s six minimum-wage jobs. Explain to me, please, how you can be
pro-family and anti-living-wage simultaneously?
Paul Hunter contactpaulhunter54177@gmail.com
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