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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, if the Walmart heirs and heiresses weren't interested in being multi-billionaires, they might actually pay their workers more. But, shoppers also don't care about wages, which is why so many people shop there and put people and towns out of business. [/quote]

Sounds like you haven't read a newspaper since the 90s. The federal minimum wage is $7.25. The average hourly employee at Wal-Mart currently makes $18.25 an hour.

https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/walmart-employee-treatment-success-f96761f4?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdqmg8bBjJ4Mu3G36K_AmBwCqBm1T9WjKD4hzTapQQFgsgqnV5sRMmXr56-UO0%3D&gaa_ts=69421f96&gaa_sig=YTOKYpTeVAaHHYds3f6MTu7az8lOByKxRTWOQrbzm3OGyPZhd2mCX2oZryHnTQ6LCD6rt29COIvTC0k8vmV2GA%3D%3D

Walmart, Once a Byword for Low Pay, Becomes a Case Study in How to Treat Workers

The largest private employer in the U.S. increased wages in a bid to jump-start sales. Investors needed to be convinced.
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I don’t have a subscription, but they’re mentioning 10 years ago at Walmart. Do they talk about Walmart’s underemployment leading to excessive use of public funds? Taxpayers have been bailing out Walmart for decades.

[b]Walmart Is Still Putting Ebenezer Scrooge to Shame[/b]
https://jacobin.com/2024/05/walmart-living-wage-medicaid-snap

[b]Walmart, McDonald's among largest employers of SNAP, Medicaid recipients: Report[/b]
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/walmart-mcdonalds-largest-employers-snap-medicaid-recipients.amp

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If the average Walmart employee makes $18.50 an hour, that translates to $38,500 per year. The federal poverty level for one person is $15,560. For two people, it's $21,150. For four people, it's $32,150. [/quote]

DP: It is rare for someone at WM making $18.50 to get a schedule that gets them to $38,500 annual. You are lucky to get 34 hours in any given week. Most people who work minimum jobs there also have several other gigs to make ends meet. And should we really be celebrating that a company whose handful of executives (nevermind the billionare owners) make more than the rest of the employees combined pays enough for a family of 4 to just barely stay above poverty level? [/quote]

NP and I think Walmart is an awful company and absolutely should pay more.  I think their practices of shorting people hours to not have to pay benefits, etc.  is really gross.  What I don’t agree with, however, is that a clerk at Walmart should make a living wage to support a family of four.  A living wage to support yourself and one other person? Sure.  But not a family of four.  That is a thing of the past. [/quote]

Ahem, support a family of four, make a mortgage payment on a nice SFH, save for retirement, and afford two cars. [/quote]

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