American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.
Employers have noted and used the popular government definition of a 40 hour work week, reduced in some cases to 36 hours, to hire workers for 35 hours or less so those employers do not have to offer full time benefits to those workers.
This is the critical issue to be faced by our American government if and when it wishes to fulfill its obligations to its citizens’ “life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness.”
This also doesn't cover the tax breaks these companies have received over the years. It's funny (read: not funny at all) how the likes of Amazon and Walmart enjoy benefitting from our tax money while limiting their own contributions.
Employers have noted and used the popular government definition of a 40 hour work week, reduced in some cases to 36 hours, to hire workers for 35 hours or less so those employers do not have to offer full time benefits to those workers.
This is the critical issue to be faced by our American government if and when it wishes to fulfill its obligations to its citizens’ “life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness.”
Socialism for the rich. Past time to do something about that.
This also doesn't cover the tax breaks these companies have received over the years. It's funny (read: not funny at all) how the likes of Amazon and Walmart enjoy benefitting from our tax money while limiting their own contributions.