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To: Blasher who wrote (761591)	1/6/2014 11:22:45 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575371

That was a long time ago. Them post- burger jobs all be gone overseas, long ago. It's not a question of whether a computer guy should get paid more than a burger flipper, or whether the president of any business (or any public college football coach) should be paid more the president of the US. The question is "Are we gonna pay livable wages for full-time work, or are we gonna allow the Walmarts and McDonalds of the country to tell their employees 'You're gonna need to get on food stamps'"? How McDonald's and Wal-Mart Became Welfare Queens No, the new welfare queens are even bigger, richer and less deserving of taxpayer support. The two biggest welfare queens in America today are Wal-Mart and McDonald's. This issue has become more known as we learn just how far some companies have gone in putting their employees on public assistance. According to one study, American fast food workers receive more than $7 billion dollars in public assistance. As it turns out, McDonald's has a “ McResource” line that helps employees and their families enroll in various state and local assistance programs. It exploded into the public when a recording of the McResource line advocated that full-time employees sign up for food stamps and welfare. Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private sector employer, is also the biggest consumer of taxpayer supported aid. According to Florida Congressman Alan Grayson, in many states, Wal-Mart employees are the largest group of Medicaid recipients. They are also the single biggest group of food stamp recipients. Wal-mart’s "associates" are paid so little, according to Grayson, that they receive $1,000 on average in public assistance. These amount to massive taxpayer subsidies for private companies. bloomberg.com