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kemah

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8. Wal Mart Employees are subsidized by tax payers

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Mon Feb 6, 2012, 09:03 AM

Feb 2012

Most of these part-time minimum wage jobs are subsidized by food stamps and medicaid. Just do the math. 30 hours times $7.25 equal a wage that qualifies you. Yet they want Romney, who makes $52,000 an hour get a tax cut. GOP agenda. Keep the people poor and give tax cuts to their rich buddies.

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Why Don't We Pay People Enough? 8 Facts About America's Struggling Working People [View all] xchrom Feb 2012 OP

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