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Report: Walmart Workers Cost Taxpayers $6.2 Billion In Public Assistance
Walmarts 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 Wisconsins taxpayers of Walmarts 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/
DURHAM D
(32,595 posts)It is good to extract funds from the wealthy for a good cause.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,705 posts)Consider it a form of penance.