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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWalmart announced minutes ago they are going to pay
a minimum of $15 an hour and provide free health insurance
to all their employees as of January 1st 2018. They believe that is the right thing to do
with the money they will save from the tRump tax scam.
quartz007
(1,216 posts)like AT&T? Walmart can afford it.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)doc03
(35,367 posts)hour.
riversedge
(70,301 posts)Luz
(772 posts)If we allow a family to keep another thousand dollars of their income, what does that mean? They can renovate their kitchen, they can buy a new car, they can take their family on vacation, they can increase their lifestyle," he said. "That's what our tax plan has to do."
doc03
(35,367 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 20, 2017, 10:36 PM - Edit history (1)
it would only amount to $1,305 annually per employee.
($20,497,000,000 Earnings before Taxes X 0.14 rate cut) / 2,200,000 employees = $1,304.35.
That's something, but not as much as I would have thought.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)LoveMyCali
(2,015 posts)I have to pay a good chunk of mine as I'm sure many people do.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)all the money and that goodwill actually means something.
Greybnk48
(10,176 posts)are shown how to sign up for Badger Care (used to be welfare) as part of their orientation. They've done that for years here and at Sam's Club too.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)up company wide raises. They could afford it before this tax heist having 20 million in premium. I sure ain't holding my breath because it's not going to happen. Just a show from the big boys....and the final act is coming soon and we won't hear any more about this.