I’m wandering the aisles of Walmart….AMA

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You people ruin every fun thread.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/18/food-stamps-medicaid-mcdonalds-walmart-bernie-sanders/

Walmart and McDonalds have the most employees on food stamps and Medicaid.

They reluctantly increased wages, but they are still screwing over employees.

Those employees have zero skills. They would be unemployed and even more broke if they weren’t given jobs by Walmart or McDonald’s. I hope you realize that.

Not necessarily true.

In the majority of the country (outside of your coastal or major metropolis bubble), Walmart and McDonald’s are often the biggest employers.

There are teachers in the south who have given up their teaching job to work at places like Home Depot…for similar wages.

Regardless of the facts, are you insinuating that low-skilled people shouldn’t be paid a living wage? And taxpayers should subsidize corporations by covering their staff on food stamps and Medicaid?

That’s baffling.

So what I said is correct, especially for those living outside of the coastal areas. These people would be unemployed and even more impoverished if they weren’t given jobs at McDonald’s or Walmart.

So we should allow big corporations like Walmart to be subsidized by our taxes via ridiculous tax breaks and public benefits for their employees since they refuse to pay sufficient wages? I disagree.

They are not “subsidized via public benefits.” Those employees on public benefits just so happen to work at Walmart at a given time.

It basically is. Walmart offers low prices in part because they pay their employees poorly. So in effect low prices are passed on to their consumers but the consumers pay taxes that subsidize their employees because they can’t live on $11 an hour.

Please show where Walmart is paying $11 an hour.

Excuse me it’s $12. My mistake. https://careers.walmart.com/stores-clubs/walmart-store-jobs

So what?

$12 an hour is crap and with inflation is basically a poverty wage.

It’s Walmart, what do they expect? 15-year olds can and do perform the job. Supply and demand.

Go look in a Walmart. The employees aren’t kids. In fact if you look up their age demographics less than 3% of their workers are under 18. Lots of grown adult men and women working there and they’re working 40 hours a week.

A 35 year old working at Walmart cannot get a job anywhere else. They should be glad to have one there.

You’re delusional. In many rural areas or places where the population has been decreasing places like Walmart or dollar general are the only places for employment and they take advantage of that by setting low wages.

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Anonymous wrote:She’s living off less than $3000 a month. That’s not enough.

Many social security recipients live on that or less. Get out of the bubble

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/18/food-stamps-medicaid-mcdonalds-walmart-bernie-sanders/

Walmart and McDonalds have the most employees on food stamps and Medicaid.

They reluctantly increased wages, but they are still screwing over employees.

Those employees have zero skills. They would be unemployed and even more broke if they weren’t given jobs by Walmart or McDonald’s. I hope you realize that.

Not necessarily true.

In the majority of the country (outside of your coastal or major metropolis bubble), Walmart and McDonald’s are often the biggest employers.

There are teachers in the south who have given up their teaching job to work at places like Home Depot…for similar wages.

Regardless of the facts, are you insinuating that low-skilled people shouldn’t be paid a living wage? And taxpayers should subsidize corporations by covering their staff on food stamps and Medicaid?

That’s baffling.

So what I said is correct, especially for those living outside of the coastal areas. These people would be unemployed and even more impoverished if they weren’t given jobs at McDonald’s or Walmart.

So we should allow big corporations like Walmart to be subsidized by our taxes via ridiculous tax breaks and public benefits for their employees since they refuse to pay sufficient wages? I disagree.

They are not “subsidized via public benefits.” Those employees on public benefits just so happen to work at Walmart at a given time.

It basically is. Walmart offers low prices in part because they pay their employees poorly. So in effect low prices are passed on to their consumers but the consumers pay taxes that subsidize their employees because they can’t live on $11 an hour.

Please show where Walmart is paying $11 an hour.

Excuse me it’s $12. My mistake. https://careers.walmart.com/stores-clubs/walmart-store-jobs

So what?

$12 an hour is crap and with inflation is basically a poverty wage.

It’s Walmart, what do they expect? 15-year olds can and do perform the job. Supply and demand.

Go look in a Walmart. The employees aren’t kids. In fact if you look up their age demographics less than 3% of their workers are under 18. Lots of grown adult men and women working there and they’re working 40 hours a week.

A 35 year old working at Walmart cannot get a job anywhere else. They should be glad to have one there.

In my dying hometown, the women who work at CVS do full hair and makeup and are neat and tidy in their dress. Because this is the only job available, many people don't let it define them.

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I don’t get the Walmart hate at all. It serves a purpose and the GV brand has great prices.

While not as convenient, I can spend $50 a week at WM or $100 for the same items at Wegmans some weeks!

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Oh the irony of virtue signalers whining about the plight of the Walmart worker all with mobile phone in their hand or pocket made in horrible conditions by suffering workers! But keep on believing your faux outrage at Walmart workers is ignored!

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Anonymous wrote:Oh the irony of virtue signalers whining about the plight of the Walmart worker all with mobile phone in their hand or pocket made in horrible conditions by suffering workers! But keep on believing your faux outrage at Walmart workers is ignored!

You’re basically saying this wrong is okay because of the acceptance of other wrong doings. Neither Walmart or Apple are ethical companies and for what Apple charges for an iPhone they should be shamed for using Foxcon as a factory.

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Anonymous wrote:She’s living off less than $3000 a month. That’s not enough.

Many social security recipients live on that or less. Get out of the bubble

Most people who get SS aren’t relying on it alone and many have other assets to fall back on.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/18/food-stamps-medicaid-mcdonalds-walmart-bernie-sanders/

Walmart and McDonalds have the most employees on food stamps and Medicaid.

They reluctantly increased wages, but they are still screwing over employees.

Those employees have zero skills. They would be unemployed and even more broke if they weren’t given jobs by Walmart or McDonald’s. I hope you realize that.

Not necessarily true.

In the majority of the country (outside of your coastal or major metropolis bubble), Walmart and McDonald’s are often the biggest employers.

There are teachers in the south who have given up their teaching job to work at places like Home Depot…for similar wages.

Regardless of the facts, are you insinuating that low-skilled people shouldn’t be paid a living wage? And taxpayers should subsidize corporations by covering their staff on food stamps and Medicaid?

That’s baffling.

So what I said is correct, especially for those living outside of the coastal areas. These people would be unemployed and even more impoverished if they weren’t given jobs at McDonald’s or Walmart.

So we should allow big corporations like Walmart to be subsidized by our taxes via ridiculous tax breaks and public benefits for their employees since they refuse to pay sufficient wages? I disagree.

They are not “subsidized via public benefits.” Those employees on public benefits just so happen to work at Walmart at a given time.

It basically is. Walmart offers low prices in part because they pay their employees poorly. So in effect low prices are passed on to their consumers but the consumers pay taxes that subsidize their employees because they can’t live on $11 an hour.

Please show where Walmart is paying $11 an hour.

Excuse me it’s $12. My mistake. https://careers.walmart.com/stores-clubs/walmart-store-jobs

So what?

$12 an hour is crap and with inflation is basically a poverty wage.

It’s Walmart, what do they expect? 15-year olds can and do perform the job. Supply and demand.

Go look in a Walmart. The employees aren’t kids. In fact if you look up their age demographics less than 3% of their workers are under 18. Lots of grown adult men and women working there and they’re working 40 hours a week.

A 35 year old working at Walmart cannot get a job anywhere else. They should be glad to have one there.

You’re delusional. In many rural areas or places where the population has been decreasing places like Walmart or dollar general are the only places for employment and they take advantage of that by setting low wages.

Which is what I said. They cannot get a job elsewhere in that case.

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Anonymous wrote:She’s living off less than $3000 a month. That’s not enough.

Many social security recipients live on that or less. Get out of the bubble

Most people who get SS aren’t relying on it alone and many have other assets to fall back on.

The vast majority of individuals live on under $60k/year PRE-TAX. Get out of your bubble.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh the irony of virtue signalers whining about the plight of the Walmart worker all with mobile phone in their hand or pocket made in horrible conditions by suffering workers! But keep on believing your faux outrage at Walmart workers is ignored!

You’re basically saying this wrong is okay because of the acceptance of other wrong doings. Neither Walmart or Apple are ethical companies and for what Apple charges for an iPhone they should be shamed for using Foxcon as a factory.

I’m saying it is not at all wrong to shop or support Walmart, the free market has decided it needs and supports Walmart. This site is full of people who want to yeah but the previous admin any time the current admin does something wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh the irony of virtue signalers whining about the plight of the Walmart worker all with mobile phone in their hand or pocket made in horrible conditions by suffering workers! But keep on believing your faux outrage at Walmart workers is ignored!

You’re basically saying this wrong is okay because of the acceptance of other wrong doings. Neither Walmart or Apple are ethical companies and for what Apple charges for an iPhone they should be shamed for using Foxcon as a factory.

I’m saying it is not at all wrong to shop or support Walmart, the free market has decided it needs and supports Walmart. This site is full of people who want to yeah but the previous admin any time the current admin does something wrong.

At one point in time in the US the free market decided slavery was okay. Also I don’t understand what your last sentence means.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh the irony of virtue signalers whining about the plight of the Walmart worker all with mobile phone in their hand or pocket made in horrible conditions by suffering workers! But keep on believing your faux outrage at Walmart workers is ignored!

You’re basically saying this wrong is okay because of the acceptance of other wrong doings. Neither Walmart or Apple are ethical companies and for what Apple charges for an iPhone they should be shamed for using Foxcon as a factory.

I’m saying it is not at all wrong to shop or support Walmart, the free market has decided it needs and supports Walmart. This site is full of people who want to yeah but the previous admin any time the current admin does something wrong.

At one point in time in the US the free market decided slavery was okay. Also I don’t understand what your last sentence means.

Hey the mid 1800’s called and they want their whataboutism and hyperbole back.

Please tell me one person enslaved in 2023 by Walmart. I’ll wait.

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Anonymous wrote:How do you feel shopping at a store that refuses to pay fair wages to its employees and has a public record of providing staff with information on how to sign up for food stamps and other federally funded public benefits while leveraging tax breaks that favor big corporations while screwing over the rest of us?

They pay minimum wage or higher and offer decent benefits. You do realize that entry enlisted military also can get food stamps. No one is screwing you over. Go work a job at that income and maybe you will qualify too.

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Anonymous wrote:You people ruin every fun thread.

I agree!