We frequently hear conservative Republicans whining about poor kids that get free lunches in school and families that get by with the help of food stamps. However, they almost never talk about corporate welfare programs that help make the Walton family among the richest in the history of the world.
Read Walmart's own filings with the SEC and you'll find that the company acknowledges that a big portion of its profitability comes from the fact they they do it by underpaying employees and letting them rely on public assistance. This is why I refuse to shop at +Walmart. I'd rather support companies like +Costco that pay employees a living wage and benefits but still manage to make a lot of money. ?
Walmart Admits that its Business Model Requires Employees to Depend on Food Stamps
Critics cite irony of annual report filing: ‘This is a company that everywhere it goes it creates poverty’ (By Lauren &helip;
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Sam, come on, the rich DESERVE government assistance. Many of them worked super hard getting thru the birth canal of someone who maybe, possibly worked to make all that money. Obviously their stick to it ness of surviving the gestation period makes them better than us who's souls chose to be born into this world to people who…work.