Welfare for Billionaires | Part 2 of 5 | Walmart's low-wage workforce costs American taxpayers an estimated $6 to $7 billion annually in federal assistance. The largest beneficiary of food stamps is not the recipient. It is the corporate employer whose poverty wages made the recipient eligible. The policy lever to reduce SNAP spending is a subsistence wage. The fact that the conversation never goes there tells you whose interests the existing conversation protects. #WelfareForBillionaires #Acade
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Welfare for Billionaires | Part 2 of 5 | Walmart's low-wage workforce costs American taxpayers an estimated $6 to $7 billion annually in federal assistance. The largest beneficiary of food stamps is not the recipient. It is the corporate employer whose poverty wages made the recipient eligible. The policy lever to reduce SNAP spending is a subsistence wage. The fact that the conversation never goes there tells you whose interests the existing conversation protects. #WelfareForBillionaires #Acade
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