Walmart Decries D.C. ‘Living Wage’ Legislation

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16. Some people decry supporting any workers with their taxes.

Whether you view it as subsidizing the workers or subsidizing the business, Wally-mart versus Home Depot versus "Your Corner Deli" is, using today's lingo it's still a "subsidy."

I'm surprised nobody's saying to count the money paid to employees as food, rent, or medical assistance shouldn't be credited to the employer's net income. If they want to deduct it, however, they have to pay it.

(Of course, that's the first step on a truly nasty slippery slope, and while common sense would stop a slide to the bottom that first step would make the next few steps very difficult to avoid.)