tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post1688183716853263953..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Dave Jamieson and Saki Knafo — One Walmart's Low Wages Could Cost Taxpayers $900,000 Per Year, House Dems Findmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-74129269826421357122013-06-03T09:44:13.217-04:002013-06-03T09:44:13.217-04:00This is a case where the tax payer and the currenc...This is a case where the tax payer and the currency issuer are BOTH - ON THE HOOK for the benefit of the USUARY RENTIER MEGA-GIANT WALMART - who in fact is on GRAND SCALE WELFARE.<br /><br />So the low wage system doesn't work and simultaneously hypocritical <br /><br />The tea leavers and right wingers love to drive wages down, and also reduce benefits to nil under the command of anti-re-distributionism.<br /><br />Always the same - declare the State Department Broken and useless so they can shut down government.<br /><br />Even Col. Powell practices this technique. Declare that it is broken and shut it down for all the benefit of taking over the usuary machine by the declaration of debt mongering and deficit hawking.<br /><br />Obama wants to be like Reagan?googleheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459089745473598235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-50644361369289618502013-06-01T08:27:40.590-04:002013-06-01T08:27:40.590-04:00I would also like to point out that applying for a...I would also like to point out that applying for and collecting food stamps and assistance is somewhat de-humanizing and a huge time-waster.<br /><br />The same is true for those collecting unemployment.<br /><br />So in addition to low wages we give those workers the message that they are failures or parasites.<br /><br />If that isn't enough now we want to drug-test them...paul melihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604543110795683837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-28764772845856977062013-06-01T08:22:04.719-04:002013-06-01T08:22:04.719-04:00Many of ithe people that benefit from this $900B w...Many of ithe people that benefit from this $900B want to cut it back...to zero if possible.<br /><br />I do have a problem with companies thinking that low wages is in their best interest...<br /><br />...and then jonesing to cut public spending.<br /><br />Again, almost all of these contradictions are a result of a fundamental misunderstanding of how an economy works and where spending originates.paul melihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604543110795683837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-20956093599954836812013-06-01T04:46:30.403-04:002013-06-01T04:46:30.403-04:00Good points Ryan,
Plus the fact that these two li...Good points Ryan,<br /><br />Plus the fact that these two libertarian morons at HuffPo think that govt has to 'get the money' from the taxpayers...<br /><br />Wait till 'Obamacare' hits...<br /><br />RspMatt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-2521158939377860112013-06-01T00:43:04.963-04:002013-06-01T00:43:04.963-04:00The government sets the rules of the game. If the...The government sets the rules of the game. If they don't like low minimum wages, change them. If they want better benefits, require them. If they want to tax companies, tax them. Congressmen bashing the companies that follow the laws created by congress is humorous. Low margin competitive industries like hospitality and retail will always pay the minimum required by law. The Dems controlled the congress for much of the last century and have created most of these rules and laws themselves but they hate them? My heart bleeds.<br /><br />I think it is sort of funny how folks with 'good' middle class jobs bash Walmart. Most of the people that shop at walmart earn less than the employees at walmart do. For those without the 'good' middle class jobs in the government subsidized industries and without regulatory barriers to entry, being a Walmart employee is probably a step up. I wonder how subsidized the average university professors job is? -- what does it 'cost' taxpayers for each of their positions. Between student loans, regulatory requirements for degrees and direct subsidies I'm sure a professor costs far more than a walmart employee, I'm not sure which creates a better world. Gauging from Harvard economists at least, I'd wager a Walmart employee does more good for the world and far less damage to society. The elitism and judgement in this article about how one type of subsidy for low wage employees isn't acceptable while completely ignoring the far larger subsidies provided to 'good' middle class people in different avenues demonstrates the all too common subsurface elitism and neoliberal bias against the poor. Lets talk about the subsidies for the 'good' rich and middle class jobs and then talk about Walmart.Ryan Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815033054435303399noreply@blogger.com