Your religion or your livelihood.....

[Texsox]

Yes. And Walmart relies on them remaining on government programs to keep their prices superficially low.

 

As is every other employer who has employees on any government program. The only difference between Walmart and othere employers is Walmart actually helps employees learn about those programs. Other employers don't care enough to let their employees know about those programs, or don't bother to find out. If we want to help the working poor, the programs are good, if we don't get rid of the program but let;s not have the program and complain when people use it.

 

Again, I use University Financial Aid offices as another Walmart type company that encourages people to apply for government assistance programs. Would you also fault them for relying on government programs instead of lowering tuition?

[Balta1701]

As is every other employer who has employees on any government program. The only difference between Walmart and othere employers is Walmart actually helps employees learn about those programs. Other employers don't care enough to let their employees know about those programs, or don't bother to find out. If we want to help the working poor, the programs are good, if we don't get rid of the program but let;s not have the program and complain when people use it.

 

Again, I use University Financial Aid offices as another Walmart type company that encourages people to apply for government assistance programs. Would you also fault them for relying on government programs instead of lowering tuition?

One plausible response to that argument Tex is that the goverment is actually going out of its way to encourage college education as a method for improving society...because it's generally thought that increasing education levels promotes better lives and a stronger economy. Thus, it makes sense for the government to be doing exactly that because there is a general benefit to society, and the college is actually helping the government achieve its goal.

 

OTOH, the idea behind food stamps, for example, is to provide food assistance to people who are in need, not to give lower paying employers a method to undercut their competition.

[Texsox]

One plausible response to that argument Tex is that the goverment is actually going out of its way to encourage college education as a method for improving society...because it's generally thought that increasing education levels promotes better lives and a stronger economy. Thus, it makes sense for the government to be doing exactly that because there is a general benefit to society, and the college is actually helping the government achieve its goal.

 

OTOH, the idea behind food stamps, for example, is to provide food assistance to people who are in need, not to give lower paying employers a method to undercut their competition.

 

If those programs are not helping society, than they should be eliminated. That case can be made for every employer who is paying their people wages that qualify them for these programs. It shouldn't matter who the employer is.