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Do social programs like welfare entitle companies to pay employees less than the cost of living? - Godly Reality Check - 10-12-2012 08:11 AM
Rights that we overlook in America is the right for working Americans to be able to afford electric, gas, milk, water, food and all that important stuff.
Because of monopoly and large corporation we are now taxed for food, electric,milk, water, gas and all that important stuff, and at the same time the people who keep this "important stuff" on the market cannot afford it themselves... Those people being the employees of these companies.
- mbadgjl - 10-12-2012 08:19 AM
Companies have to pay at least minimum wage. The minimum wage for each state varies. The lowest I believe is $5.25. Now if someone is working 40 hours at $5.25 they would make $210.00 each week X 4.3 weeks in a month = $903.00. That is before taxes, not to mention if they have health insurance coming out. I usually figure about 21% for taxes so X that by $903.00 = $189.63 and you end up with $713.37. If this person pays $400.00 rent, $30.00 car insurance, $30.00 electric that would leave them with $253.37. That doesn't include of course gas, food, toiletries, detergent, or any other bill they have or any emergency expense. So, in my opinion, the large corporations don't even take into consideration what is happening to people on minimum wage. There is no way. Since gas has gone up, everything has gone up. This is a link to a site about minimum wage by state.
http://www.laborlawcenter.com/state-Minimum-Wage-rates.asp?gclid=CKaJh4basZMCFRKS1QodhGbFoQ
- liberal48 - 10-12-2012 08:19 AM
As you seem to recognize, those social programs amount to welfare for Walmart and other corporations that pay minimum wage and hire mostly part time workers. Walmart actually trains their employees on how to apply for food stamps and get free medical care so that Walmart will not have to pay them enough to live on.
Everyone should think about that the next time someone tells you that Walmart has cheap prices. Those prices are enabled by corporate welfare and are the most expensive cheap prices in town.