With Day of Protests, Fast-Food Workers Seek More Pay

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

We are subsidizing them.

This study found that the average Wal-Mart worker required $730 in taxpayer-funded healthcare and $1,222 in other forms of assistance, such as food stamps and subsidized housing, per year to get by. Why should the taxpayer pay that? Why shouldn't the employer pay that?

I was refering to gimpy117 comment. I know some of these folks are subsidized. Many are not. Not all minimum wage earns are on food stamps. Some are. Others get tax credit every April. It would seem hard work and using one's head to get ahead is not in the cards for some folks. Welcome to the entitlement zone.