How much money would it cost you, or the average shopper, if Walmart actually paid their employees a living wage? Slate crunched a lot of numbers and produced this video to explain that right now, Walmart is taking advantage of the U.S taxpayers by forcing us to subsidize they employees’ salaries, and then they get that subsidy back in the form of sales paid for by food stamps.
But the shocking fact is the answer to the question, “Would Walmart’s Prices Spike If They Paid Their Employees More?”
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Hat tip: The Daily Banter