Walmart costs taxpayers $6.2 billion every year in public assistance programs by not paying their workers a living wage. That is insane.
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even if prices are lower, that doesn't give Walmart the right to shift their labor costs to the public at large
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This seems to be a painful and indirect way for the country to subsidize cheap products at Walmart, though.
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more. Run the numbers on social costs of low-wage labor.
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why can't they do both?
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?? that's not the trade off. they can afford to feed their employees and still provide value to consumers/shareholders
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Ah, yes, lower prices. Justifying thievery from the public purse because workers don't deserve a decent wage.
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