Posted on 08/24/2018 9:34:57 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will soon introduce legislation that would require large employers like Amazon, Walmart and McDonalds to fully cover the cost of food stamps, public housing, Medicaid and other federal assistance received by their employees. The goal, he says, is to force corporations to pay a living wage and curb roughly $150 billion in taxpayer dollars that currently go to funding federal assistance programs for low-wage workers each year.
The bill, which Sanders plans to introduce in the Senate on Sept. 5, would impose a 100 percent tax on government benefits received by workers at companies with 500 or more employees. For example, if an Amazon employee receives $300 in food stamps, Amazon would be taxed $300.
At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, the gap between the very rich and everyone else continues to grow wider," Sanders said.
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Amazon spokeswoman Melanie Etches said the figures were misleading because they include people who only worked for Amazon for a short period of time and/or who chose to work part-time, she said in a statement. We have hundreds of full-time roles available, however, some prefer part-time for the flexibility or other personal reasons.
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There's new, huge Amazon facility being built a few miles from me. Once they get up and going, I just might apply for a part time job for the winter months to help pay for my summer time fun.....
Terminate the #%¥£ food stamps.
If Obama hadn't been so stupid he believed his own propaganda he could have looked at even the fake unemployment numbers his minions were putting out and known up front that there were tons of people anxious to even get a 28 hour a week job.
"Full Time" needs to be changed back to 40 hours a week if it hasn't been already otherwise articles like this one don't make sense because you can't tell if they use 30 or 40 hours a week as their definition of "full time".
The $15 min wage that the libs are asking for equated to $31,200. Great money for a single H.S. grad...get yourself a roommate making the same amount and life is good.
But...$31,200 as a single parent with two or three kids? A single parent who can’t get a better job because they are in their 30s or older, and have no marketable skills other than general labor, and who do not have the financial support of a spouse, equals food stamps.
To be a Socialist one must by definition ignore the fact that Newton's Third Law, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" applies to Economics as well as Physics. And a brain being required as well, Bernie and his followers are out of luck on two counts.
Go get em Bernie!!
People who work for Amazon, Walmart and McDonalds do not receive food stamps. If they do, they are breaking the law in some way. To portray it as though this is fact is evil. But who ever said Bernie Sanders is on the up and up.
So if the government decides to be more generous with benefits (even beyond current ludicrous levels) Businesses will have to match it.
yes.
Ah, “From Each According to his ability, to each according to his needs”.
Eh, Comrade?
Quite the opposite, actually.
The astute reader will note that throughout this entire Kabuki Theater event, no one has even noted food stamp thresholds!
IOW, how much does one have to earn to qualify? I am sure there are tables somewhere that will put dollars to the
Sanders claim.
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