Lafayette Looking at the recent elections, SeaTac was the seasoning, but New Jersey was the steak when it comes to overwhelming support of the voters for raising the minimum wages to deal with stagnant pay packages and soaring inequities. The small Seattle working class suburb of SeaTac next to the airport, passed a huge minimum …
Category: Financial Justice
Walmart is on Food Stamps
Baton Rouge Despite all of our issues with Walmart, there is at least one situation where the classic line might be truthfully applied that what is “good for Walmart is good for the country,” and that rests on the fact that Walmart is a food stamp addict. According to the company, 18% of United …
Unintended Consequences: Confusing Entitlements & Rights with Fast Food Wage Subsidies
New Orleans A surprisingly balanced column by Carl Bialik, the “Numbers Guy” at the Wall Street Journal, tried to look at the recent headlines trying to slam the fast food industry over the fact that an estimated $7 billion in public benefits was somehow subsidizing the low wages of the millions of fast food workers. …