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Wally World isn't the only company in America that hires entry-level low wage employees, who qualify for social safety sofa benefits.Glad to see you support socialism comrade...for corporations..
Report: Wal-Mart's low pay drives employees onto public benefits
Wal-Mart wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new report from the staff of Congressional Democrats.
The report analyzes data from Wisconsins Medicaid program, estimating that a single 300-person, Wal-Mart Supercenter store in that state likely costs taxpayers at least $904,542 per year and could cost up to $1,744,590 per year, or roughly $5,815 per employee.
The report analyzes data from the state of Wisconsin because it appears to be the most recent and comprehensive. The state released Medicaid enrollment by employer as of the fourth quarter of 2012.
Wal-Mart was first on the list with 3,216 employees enrolled in BadgerCare, the states Medicaid program. Including the children and dependents of these employees, Wal-Mart accounts for 9,207.
The report assumes that about a quarter of the stores employees enroll in other taxpayer-funded programs, including Section 8 housing, National School Lunch programs, the Earned Income tax credit and others.
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But thanks for stopping by to exhibit your rank ignorance and bigotry....You easily qualify for #4.
They are not the only one, just the biggest drag on taxpayers and the economy.
Here is your word for the day pea brain...externalities
Letter: Walmart is a market failure with many negative externalities
The Gazette-Times editorial board seems to have something of a penchant for free-market solutions (Let market decide Walmart fate, Nov. 27). But what if the free market doesnt work?
Basic economic theory doesnt suggest that the free market will always arrive at the best outcome for society as a whole.
In fact, it has a term for what happens when the outcomes of the market have unaccounted-for consequences: externalities, or those good and bad outcomes that arent priced into market transactions (think about how pollution hurts everyone, but the factory that produces it doesnt pay the cost directly).
If I had to describe why opponents of Walmart oppose the multinational in economic terms, I would say Walmarts presence has been linked to large negative externalities.
Their low pay and lack of benefits have been shown to increase the need for publicly funded social services. We could say its a negative externality created by Walmarts low wages. (We could also say that this is public subsidization of Walmart.)
When it comes to Walmarts low prices, their size and ability to extract lower prices from suppliers and distributors is implicated in causing another negative externality: environmental destruction and sub-poverty wages for the workers who actually produce the goods sold in Walmart stores.
I would go so far as to suggest the people opposing Walmart understand that the market doesnt always produce socially optimal outcomes. Economists understand this. The G-T should stop pretending it doesnt.
Walmart, Market Failure, Economics, Dennis Dugan, Free Market
Irrelevant to the fact that only a small fraction of them are working at Wally World, ignoramus hater pinhead.47.7 million Americans on Average uses some form of Government assistance using SNAP and Welfare.
Walmart has 1.3 million sales associates in America. Given a very liberal estimate of the notion that Wal-Mart wages drives employees into Government Assistance, it would only account for 2.7% of all Government Assistance users.
So clearly, Wal-Mart isn't the only business paying their employees lower wages. Could it be because they understand the concept of 'trade-offs' and human capital?
Let's take a look at who is receiving assistance. The 47& Mitten Romney sneered at.
Who are the 47%?
Federal budget and Census data show that, in 2010, 91 percent of the benefit dollars from entitlement and other mandatory programs went to the elderly (people 65 and over), the seriously disabled, and members of working households. People who are neither elderly nor disabled and do not live in a working household received only 9 percent of the benefits.
Moreover, the vast bulk of that 9 percent goes for medical care, unemployment insurance benefits (which individuals must have a significant work history to receive), Social Security survivor benefits for the children and spouses of deceased workers, and Social Security benefits for retirees between ages 62 and 64. Seven out of the 9 percentage points go for one of these four purposes.
80 percent of the workforce has seen their wages decline in real terms over the last quarter-century, and the average household has seen 40 percent of its wealth disappear during the Great Recession. Through it all, families never asked for a handout from anyone, especially Washington. They were left to go on their own, working harder, squeezing nickels, and taking care of themselves. But their economic boats have been taking on water for years, and now the crisis has swamped millions of middle class families. ref ref
"Labor is the United States. The men and women, who with their minds, their hearts and hands, create the wealth that is shared in this countrythey are America."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
All that proves is that low wage entry-level employees working at places like McDonald's, which is 2nd on a lot of those lists, don't apply for the handouts.Irrelevant to the fact that only a small fraction of them are working at Wally World, ignoramus hater pinhead.Let's take a look at who is receiving assistance. The 47& Mitten Romney sneered at.
Who are the 47%?
Federal budget and Census data show that, in 2010, 91 percent of the benefit dollars from entitlement and other mandatory programs went to the elderly (people 65 and over), the seriously disabled, and members of working households. People who are neither elderly nor disabled — and do not live in a working household — received only 9 percent of the benefits.
Moreover, the vast bulk of that 9 percent goes for medical care, unemployment insurance benefits (which individuals must have a significant work history to receive), Social Security survivor benefits for the children and spouses of deceased workers, and Social Security benefits for retirees between ages 62 and 64. Seven out of the 9 percentage points go for one of these four purposes.
80 percent of the workforce has seen their wages decline in real terms over the last quarter-century, and the average household has seen 40 percent of its wealth disappear during the Great Recession. Through it all, families never asked for a handout from anyone, especially Washington. They were left to go on their own, working harder, squeezing nickels, and taking care of themselves. But their economic boats have been taking on water for years, and now the crisis has swamped millions of middle class families. ref ref
"Labor is the United States. The men and women, who with their minds, their hearts and hands, create the wealth that is shared in this country—they are America."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Like I SAID BEFORE, they are not the only one, just the BIGGEST drag on taxpayers and the economy.
You didn't have the butler explain your word for the day, did you pea brain?...externalities
Well, to be fair, the UFCW goons want their mitts on Wally World, too.Progressives hate Walmart because they are not a union shop. It isn't much more complicated than that. They don their tin foil hats seeking directions from 'Progressive Cranium Command' and the SEIU is in on the conference call.
Well, to be fair, the UFCW goons want their mitts on Wally World, too.Progressives hate Walmart because they are not a union shop. It isn't much more complicated than that. They don their tin foil hats seeking directions from 'Progressive Cranium Command' and the SEIU is in on the conference call.
Everyone should shop at WalMart.
Well, you. Not me.
You can't buy Canali suits at WalMart!
Everyone should shop at WalMart.
Well, you. Not me.
You can't buy Canali suits at WalMart!
Cannoli suits?
Sounds delicious!
heh....Grocery store union...United Food and Commercial Workers.Well, to be fair, the UFCW goons want their mitts on Wally World, too.Progressives hate Walmart because they are not a union shop. It isn't much more complicated than that. They don their tin foil hats seeking directions from 'Progressive Cranium Command' and the SEIU is in on the conference call.
What is that? The United Federation of Cracker Workers?
Quick! Add those to Syrenn's Ramadan Torture Buffet!
Glad to see you support socialism comrade...for corporations..
Report: Wal-Mart's low pay drives employees onto public benefits
Wal-Mart wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new report from the staff of Congressional Democrats.
The report analyzes data from Wisconsins Medicaid program, estimating that a single 300-person, Wal-Mart Supercenter store in that state likely costs taxpayers at least $904,542 per year and could cost up to $1,744,590 per year, or roughly $5,815 per employee.
The report analyzes data from the state of Wisconsin because it appears to be the most recent and comprehensive. The state released Medicaid enrollment by employer as of the fourth quarter of 2012.
Wal-Mart was first on the list with 3,216 employees enrolled in BadgerCare, the states Medicaid program. Including the children and dependents of these employees, Wal-Mart accounts for 9,207.
The report assumes that about a quarter of the stores employees enroll in other taxpayer-funded programs, including Section 8 housing, National School Lunch programs, the Earned Income tax credit and others.
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47.7 million Americans on Average uses some form of Government assistance using SNAP and Welfare.
Walmart has 1.3 million sales associates in America. Given a very liberal estimate of the notion that Wal-Mart wages drives employees into Government Assistance, it would only account for 2.7% of all Government Assistance users.
So clearly, Wal-Mart isn't the only business paying their employees lower wages. Could it be because they understand the concept of 'trade-offs' and human capital?
Let's take a look at who is receiving assistance. The 47% Mitten Romney sneered at.
Who are the 47%?
Federal budget and Census data show that, in 2010, 91 percent of the benefit dollars from entitlement and other mandatory programs went to the elderly (people 65 and over), the seriously disabled, and members of working households. People who are neither elderly nor disabled and do not live in a working household received only 9 percent of the benefits.
Moreover, the vast bulk of that 9 percent goes for medical care, unemployment insurance benefits (which individuals must have a significant work history to receive), Social Security survivor benefits for the children and spouses of deceased workers, and Social Security benefits for retirees between ages 62 and 64. Seven out of the 9 percentage points go for one of these four purposes.
80 percent of the workforce has seen their wages decline in real terms over the last quarter-century, and the average household has seen 40 percent of its wealth disappear during the Great Recession. Through it all, families never asked for a handout from anyone, especially Washington. They were left to go on their own, working harder, squeezing nickels, and taking care of themselves. But their economic boats have been taking on water for years, and now the crisis has swamped millions of middle class families. ref ref
"Labor is the United States. The men and women, who with their minds, their hearts and hands, create the wealth that is shared in this countrythey are America."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
That would be bad for poor people and seniors who need low food prices that WalMart offers.Well, to be fair, the UFCW goons want their mitts on Wally World, too.Progressives hate Walmart because they are not a union shop. It isn't much more complicated than that. They don their tin foil hats seeking directions from 'Progressive Cranium Command' and the SEIU is in on the conference call.
That's a drop in the bucket compared to the billions progressives spend on pet rock projects like Nancy Pelosi's family members getting 100% investment guarantees on Solyndra and Reid's and Pelosi's families making a killing by fed grants given to a Chinese Company they funneled underpriced real estate and other tax-funded goodies for a Solar-based business that lost its shirt earlier. If that's the future of energy, this nation will be the vassals of communist countries in coming years. Obama gave them a nice enough start in the Gulf when he forbad Americans from drilling. The Russians, Cubans, and Chinese were on it before Americans paying attention could say "we've been had."Irrelevant to the fact that only a small fraction of them are working at Wally World, ignoramus hater pinhead.Let's take a look at who is receiving assistance. The 47& Mitten Romney sneered at.
Who are the 47%?
Federal budget and Census data show that, in 2010, 91 percent of the benefit dollars from entitlement and other mandatory programs went to the elderly (people 65 and over), the seriously disabled, and members of working households. People who are neither elderly nor disabled and do not live in a working household received only 9 percent of the benefits.
Moreover, the vast bulk of that 9 percent goes for medical care, unemployment insurance benefits (which individuals must have a significant work history to receive), Social Security survivor benefits for the children and spouses of deceased workers, and Social Security benefits for retirees between ages 62 and 64. Seven out of the 9 percentage points go for one of these four purposes.
80 percent of the workforce has seen their wages decline in real terms over the last quarter-century, and the average household has seen 40 percent of its wealth disappear during the Great Recession. Through it all, families never asked for a handout from anyone, especially Washington. They were left to go on their own, working harder, squeezing nickels, and taking care of themselves. But their economic boats have been taking on water for years, and now the crisis has swamped millions of middle class families. ref ref
"Labor is the United States. The men and women, who with their minds, their hearts and hands, create the wealth that is shared in this countrythey are America."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Like I SAID BEFORE, they are not the only one, just the BIGGEST drag on taxpayers and the economy.
You didn't have the butler explain your word for the day, did you pea brain?...externalities
Hidden Taxpayer Costs
Disclosures of Employers Whose Workers and Their Dependents are Using State Health Insurance Programs
Alabama
At the top of the list was Wal-Mart, whose employees had 4,700 children in the program. Following it were McDonald's (1,931), Hardee's (884) and Burger King (861).
Arizona
At the top of the list was Wal-Mart, with about 2,700 workers--or 9.6 percent of its Arizona workforce--participating in the program. It was followed by Target, Kroger and regional supermarket chain Bashas, each of which had about 5 percent of their workers getting state healthcare coverage.
Arkansas
The disclosure found a total of 9,698 workers at the top nine employers, by far the largest number of which--3,971--were employees of Wal-Mart.
Connecticut
For HUSKY A, the top employer of workers with children in the plan was Wal-Mart, with 824 workers with children in the plan. It was followed by Stop & Shop (741), Dunkin' Donuts (530), Laidlaw (460) and McDonald's (also 460).
Florida
Leading the Medicaid list was Wal-Mart with 12,300 employees or their dependents enrolled in the program. Wal-Mart also accounted for 1,375 employee children enrolled in Kidcare (second only to Miami-Dade County with 1,518). The other employers with the most Medicaid enrollees were McDonald's (8,100), Publix (7,900), Wendy's (4,100), Winn-Dixie (4,000) and Burger King (3,900). Publix ranked third on the KidCare list with 1,250 and Winn-Dixie ranked fifth (after Broward County Schools) with 379.
Georgia
At the top of the list was Wal-Mart, whose employees in Georgia had 10,261 children in PeachCare. Far behind in second place was Publix with 734, followed by Shaw Industries (669), Mohawk Industries (657) and Cagle's Keystone Foods (463).
Iowa
The list, prepared by the state Department of Human Services, listed Wal-Mart first with 845 employees. It was followed by Tyson Fresh Meats (388), Casey's General Stores (371), Hy-Vee Inc. (361) and Access Direct Telemarketing (217).
Maine
At the top of the list was Wal-Mart, with 751 workers receiving benefits. It was followed by supermarket chain Hannaford with 527 and LL Bean with 170.
Massachusetts
In February 2006 Wal-Mart was at the top of the list, with a total of 2,866 MassHealth members and UCP users. It was followed by Stop & Shop (2,737), McDonald's (2,162) and UNICCO (1,728).
In February 2007 the third report was issued. Wal-Mart was at the top of the list when counting the total number of MassHealth members (employees and dependents) and UCP users. Its total was 6,070. Second was Stop & Shop with 5,785.
In May 2008 the fourth report was issued. Wal-Mart again was first with 5,021 employees and Stop & Shop was again second with 3,868.
Missouri
At the top of the list is Wal-Mart, which was found to have 1,555 employees enrolled in MHN and another 3,040 employees with dependents enrolled in MHN.
Montana
In June 2005 the Great Falls Tribune examined records for the state's CHIP program and found that the private employer with the largest number of workers with dependents receiving the health insurance was Wal-Mart. Its 193 employees using CHIP represented about 4 percent of the company's workforce in the state. Other companies high on the list were McDonald's, Pizza Hut, NAPA Auto Parts and Subway.
Nebraska
Leading the list was Wal-Mart with 654 workers and Tyson with 548.
New Hampshire
The employer at the top of the list in both categories was Wal-Mart, which had 487 of its 8,500 workers in the state getting subsidized coverage. Also high on the list were the state government, Dunkin' Donuts, the supermarket chain Shaw's, Concord Hospital, nursing-home operator Genesis and the U.S. Postal Service.
New Jersey
The employer with the most was Wal-Mart, with a total of 589 adults and children. It was followed by Home Dept (335), the supermarket chain Pathmark (329) and Target (302).
Ohio
For Medicaid, Wal-Mart was first with 13,141 employees, followed by McDonald's (11,446), Yum! Brands (6,596) and Wendy's (5,620). For food stamps, McDonald's was first with 9,316, followed by Wal-Mart (8,565), Yum! Brands (5,286) and Wendy's (4,623). McDonald's also led the list with regard to cash assistance with 874 employees. It was followed by Yum! Brands (500), Wendy's (450) and Wal-Mart (305). The same four companies were at the top of the list when the Department of Job and Family Services released its own report in February 2006 in response to requests from Policy Matters Ohio and others.
Pennsylvania
Wal-Mart was at the top of the list, with 15.8 percent of its workforce (7,577 individuals) enrolled. Giant Food Stores was second with 11.8 percent (2,244 workers).
Rhode Island
The report found nine such employers. Not including temp agencies, the companies with the largest number of total beneficiaries (employees and dependents) were Citizens Financial Group (610) and Wal-Mart (500).
Tennessee
Ranking first was Wal-Mart, with 9,617 employees on TennCare, nearly 25 percent of the company's entire workforce in the state. Trailing Wal-Mart among the top five were four temp agencies: Randstad Staffing Services USA (6,389), Adecco USA Inc. (4,205), Staffmark East LLC (3,818) and Real Time Staffing Services (3,783). The survey found that the top 20 employers of TennCare recipients accounted for more than 68,000 participants in the program, or about six percent of total enrollment.
Texas
The data for February 2005 show Wal-Mart at the top of the list, with 2,333 employee families in CHIP, with an estimated 4,363 individual children enrolled. Many of the other employers on the list are school districts (led by Houston with 712 families). The University of Texas System ranked third with 475 families. Among the other private-sector employers on the list are the department-store chain Dillard's (sixth with 284 families) and McDonald's (13th with 238 families). The full list for both March 2004 and February 2005 is here.
Utah
the employer with the largest number of such workers was Wal-Mart, with 234. It was followed by call-center operator Convergys with 181.
Vermont
The state government itself was said to account for largest number of such employees with 481. Among the private-sector companies with the most workers using Medicaid were Price Chopper (443), McDonald's (290), Hannaford (288) and Wal-Mart (286). Among industry groups, grocery stores accounted for the largest number at 1,036.
Washington
In December 2006 the Tacoma News Tribune reported that new numbers from the state showed that Wal-Mart still accounted for the largest number of workers receiving benefits from the state's Medicaid and Basic Health plan. The number for Wal-Mart was 3,194--far ahead of number two McDonald's with 1,932.
In January 2006 the Seattle Times had reported that the number of Wal-Mart employees (or their dependents) in the state receiving taxpayer-subsidized health coverage was more than 3,100--nearly double that of any other company and far more than had previously been reported. Wal-Mart had 3,180 employees on the Medicaid list and 456 on the Basic Health tally. On the Medicaid list, McDonald's came in second with 1,824 employees receiving benefits, followed by Safeway with 1,539.
Back in February 2003, At the top of the list was Wal-Mart, with 341 workers participating in the plan. It was followed by Catholic Community Services (265), Del Monte (253), Snokist (218) and Express Personnel (191). In February 2004 the Seattle Times reported that 281 Wal-Mart workers were enrolled in Basic Health as of March 2003.
West Virginia
Leading the list was Wal-Mart, with 452 workers whose children participated in the plan. This group represented about 4 percent of the company's employees in the state. Next on the list were the tree-cutting company Asplundh (146), McDonald's (100), Respite Care (97) and the U.S. Postal Service (94).
Wisconsin
At the top of the list was Wal-Mart, which had 897 employees enrolled, plus an additional 776 dependents. The Department projected the annual cost to the state of those enrollees at $3.7 million. Other employers at the top of the list were McDonald's (248 employees; 149 dependents), the non-profit healthcare provider Aurora (193; 162), and home improvement chain Menard (163; 184). The 116 employers with 15 or more employees on BadgerCare were said to cost the state a total of $23.9 million a year.
In October 2005 Wisconsin Citizen Action published a report estimating that large corporations, led by Wal-Mart, were costing the state $46 million a year because of the participation of their employees in public medical assistance programs.
Glad to see you support socialism comrade...for corporations..
Report: Wal-Mart's low pay drives employees onto public benefits
Wal-Mart wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new report from the staff of Congressional Democrats.
The report analyzes data from Wisconsins Medicaid program, estimating that a single 300-person, Wal-Mart Supercenter store in that state likely costs taxpayers at least $904,542 per year and could cost up to $1,744,590 per year, or roughly $5,815 per employee.
The report analyzes data from the state of Wisconsin because it appears to be the most recent and comprehensive. The state released Medicaid enrollment by employer as of the fourth quarter of 2012.
Wal-Mart was first on the list with 3,216 employees enrolled in BadgerCare, the states Medicaid program. Including the children and dependents of these employees, Wal-Mart accounts for 9,207.
The report assumes that about a quarter of the stores employees enroll in other taxpayer-funded programs, including Section 8 housing, National School Lunch programs, the Earned Income tax credit and others.
more for comrade Frank
Everyone should shop at WalMart.
Well, you. Not me.
You can't buy Canali suits at WalMart!
Glad to see you support socialism comrade...for corporations..
Report: Wal-Mart's low pay drives employees onto public benefits
Wal-Mart wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new report from the staff of Congressional Democrats.
The report analyzes data from Wisconsin’s Medicaid program, estimating that a single 300-person, Wal-Mart Supercenter store in that state likely costs taxpayers at least $904,542 per year and could cost up to $1,744,590 per year, or roughly $5,815 per employee.
The report analyzes data from the state of Wisconsin because “it appears to be the most recent and comprehensive.” The state released Medicaid enrollment by employer as of the fourth quarter of 2012.
Wal-Mart was first on the list with 3,216 employees enrolled in BadgerCare, the state’s Medicaid program. Including the children and dependents of these employees, Wal-Mart accounts for 9,207.
The report assumes that about a quarter of the store’s employees enroll in other taxpayer-funded programs, including Section 8 housing, National School Lunch programs, the Earned Income tax credit and others.
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the problem isn't walmart, the problem is the public benefits. they should be done away with.
church? 
Yanno, not all people are where they are because of bad choices. The two-party system plays a part in keeping the wealthy wealthy & the poor poor through lobbyists, what they can have written into legislation (see: Cheney's *cough* "energy" task force ) & who can afford them.
