Good Job, Viv! You've managed to mouthpiece a slanted interpretation of a slanted report and make it look somewhat believable!
The problem with HuffPo's regurgitation of Democrat talking points (the report is by, "Democratic staff of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workfororce" which translates to the staffers of Democrat elected officials paid or compensated by union lobbyists) is that it's so blatantly slanted and was released with such spectacular timing that the only people that are going to pay attention to it are those that already hate Wal-Mart as the first or second largest employer in a number of states. Another take on the same report: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2013/05/31/are-wal%E2%80%90marts-low-wages-a-drag-on-the-economy-new-report-says-yes/ >From the article (here to the end): The report assumes that workers enrolled in BadgerCare are also enrolled in other state-supported programs such as subsidized school lunches, Section 8 housing programs, supplemental nutritional assistance programs and earned income tax credits, to name a few. If all those things were true, a Wal-Mart worker could cost the state about $3,015 annually and a Wal-Mart store that averages 300 employees could suck up $904,542 per year. Further, theres an assumption that even more workers are eligible for BadgerCare but do not apply for it. If these workers were to apply for assistance, they could cost taxpayers up to up to $1,744,590 per year, about $5,815 per employee. Not all of those things have actually happened. The report seems intended to push for minimum wage reform and fuel unionization efforts. Since Wal-Mart is the nations largest private employer, its usually the biggest target in this fight, but it also serves as a distraction to real reform. Citing the wealth of Walton family, as the report does, fuels the us vs. them mentality that distracts from real reform. Not including, or even mentioning, other employers makes this just another Wal-Mart is bad story, and it shouldnt be. Its a shame that this report is tied to a particular political party. Its a shame that this report was released on a Friday afternoon. Its a shame that it seems to have been released first to the Huffington Post and not a more centered media outlet. All of it adds up to a political football and fodder for the Sunday morning news shows. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/walmart-taxpayers-house-report_n_3365814.html > > This debunks the idea that some have that low wages should be the right of > a business. > > "Walmart wages are so low that many of its workers rely on food stamps and > other government aid programs to fulfill their basic needs, a reality that > could cost taxpayers as much as $900,000 at just one Walmart Supercenter in > Wisconsin, according to a study released by Congressional > Democrats< > http://democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/sites/democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/files/documents/WalMartReport-May2013.pdf > > > on > Thursday." > > Never thought about it this way, but I suppose in an interconnected society > everything has a ripple effect, both good and bad. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364078 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
