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UglyGreed

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Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:56 AM Oct 2015

Alice and Hillary BFF?

Is Alice Walton backing and donating to Hillary this time around???

Report: Walmart Workers Cost Taxpayers $6.2 Billion In Public Assistance

Walmart’s low-wage workers cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $6.2 billion in public assistance including food stamps, Medicaid and subsidized housing, according to a report published to coincide with Tax Day, April 15.

Americans for Tax Fairness, a coalition of 400 national and state-level progressive groups, made this estimate using data from a 2013 study by Democratic Staff of the U.S. Committee on Education and the Workforce.

“The study estimated the cost to Wisconsin’s taxpayers of Walmart’s low wages and benefits, which often force workers to rely on various public assistance programs,” reads the report, available in full here.

“It found that a single Walmart Supercenter cost taxpayers between $904,542 and $1.75 million per year, or between $3,015 and $5,815 on average for each of 300 workers.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/

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Alice and Hillary BFF? (Original Post) UglyGreed Oct 2015 OP
I hope so. DURHAM D Oct 2015 #1
Precisely. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #3
Was there a quote from the article proving your allegation that you should be posting here? randys1 Oct 2015 #2
... UglyGreed Oct 2015 #4
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