No Money. Live Worse. Walmart.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/walmart-taxpayers-house-report_n_3365814.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

In an article published by the Huffington Post, a study was released last year by the Democratic staff of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce found that since Walmart's wages are so low it's employees rely so much on the government's help. The study compared it to costing a taxpayer $900,000 at one Walmart in Wisconsin. Many employees rely on food stamps and other public assistant from the government. Last year Walmart had the highest amount of employees in the state healthcare system. The study stated, "When low wages leave Walmart workers unable to afford the necessities of life, taxpayers pick up the tab." The taxpayers essentially have give money to support the employees, that Walmart cannot. Walmart became defensive and said that every month more than 60%  Americans shop at Walmart and more than 75% of their managers started out as hourly workers. 

This article honestly made me feel awful. The reason why 60% of Americans show at Walmart is because the prices are significantly lower than most stores. The reason the prices are so low is, because they barely pay their workers. I don't think it's fair that the government and the taxpayers have to give up their money to support people who work for a company that doesn't support workers themselves. I feel bad for the people who work at Walmart. I know sometimes they have no choice of where to work, but they would honestly be better off working somewhere else. I think that Walmart should pay their workers more so that the government can help those who don't have a job at all. 

This relates to what we've been doing in class lately, because just adds another aspect of Walmart. One of our arguments in class was that bringing Walmart to Weserville would create more jobs for our citizens. Yes our citizens would have jobs, but would they be worth it? They still would have to get help from the government and wouldn't be happy working long hours for little to no pay.