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The Shocking Truth About What It Would Cost Us All If Walmart Paid A Living Wage
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$300,000,000 a year in food stamps just for walmart employees. Give them a living wage and we pay an extra 1.4% on their goods. One penny for every dollar spent at Walmart and those employees would not need to live on food stamps.
Nearly $104,000,000 million worth of food stamps was redeemed at military commissaries in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2013 alone. This does NOT include any grocery story where the military user did not shop at the commissary on base. Many do not use the commissary for many reasons. This ups the number to almost 200,000,000 million in food stamps use for military families.
Why isn't our military being paid a living wage by the Federal Government?
Military use of food stamps rises again - Feb. 17, 2014
How about Firefighters?
Firefighters, city at pay impasse | Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise
State Troopers?
State troopers: Must take out loans, use food stamps to feed families
Read more: State troopers: Must take out loans, use food stamps to feed families | Local News - WMTW Home
The above men and women put their lives on the line daily for this country and are not paid a living wage. Why is that? Its not just "evil Wal-Mart". Federal and state government don't pay living wages as well. So where is the outrage for Joe Schmuck when he or she signs on to die in a fire, war or in some fire fight with a bad guy on the road?