70% of full-time workers in the US receive some sort of government assistance

[gry60]

Report: Millions of full-time US workers get government aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans who are working full-time jobs still rely on federal health care and food assistance programs because of low wages, a bipartisan congressional watchdog says.

apnews.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans who are working full-time jobs still rely on federal health care and food assistance programs because of low wages, a bipartisan congressional watchdog says.

A report from the Government Accountability Office found that about 70% of adult workers participating in Medicaid, which provides health care to low-income Americans, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, are working full time.

The report was requested by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, who said its findings show an urgent need to raise the federal minimum wage.

“At a time when huge corporations like Walmart and McDonald’s are making billions in profits and giving their CEOs tens of millions of dollars a year, they’re relying on corporate welfare from the federal government by paying their workers starvation wages.,” Sanders said in a statement. “This is morally obscene.”

He said it was long past time to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15.

In the report issued Wednesday, the GAO analyzed data from 15 state agencies covering 11 states, with each agency reporting the employers in their states with the largest numbers of Medicaid and food-stamp beneficiaries.

Among the 15 agencies overseeing the Medicaid and food-stamp programs, Walmart was among the top four employers with beneficiaries in each of the 15 programs. McDonald’s was among the top five employers whose workers received federal benefits from 13 of the 15 state agencies.

Other companies that appeared frequently were Dollar Tree and Dollar General.

Sanders said an analysis of the GAO data showed that across nine of the states reviewed — Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee and Washington — the largest number of recipients of foods stamps were employed at Walmart and McDonald’s.

Asked for comment on the GAO report, Anne Hatfield, a Walmart spokesperson, said, “If not for the employment access Walmart and other companies provide, many more people would be dependent on government assistance.”

She said that a small percentage of Walmart’s workforce is on public assistance when hired by Walmart. The company strives to “remove employment barriers and create opportunities for individuals that too many overlook,” she said.

McDonald’s USA said in a statement, “The average starting wage at U.S. corporate-owned restaurants is over $10 per hour and exceeds the federal minimum wage. ”

LOL @ the PR statements.

 

[3900stabler]

Do student loans count?

 

[blastercombo]

But seriously, that’s pathetic

 

[$tatus $ymbol]

Trump Desantis 2024
We the people
#Welfare reform

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

 

[gry60]

Trump Desantis 2024
We the people
#Welfareage reform

FTFY

 

[blastercombo]

Trump Desantis 2024
We the people
#Welfare reform

Lol **** trump and all who support him

 

[superblytrife]

ThE gReAtEsT cOuNtRy oN eArTh tho….

 

[aepps20]

Biden ruined everything. Get back to work scums. Stimulus checks aren't "stimis" scums

 

[finessence]

 

[finessence]

Can’t forget our $80+ million dollar fighter jets

 

[finessence]

The F-22 raptor costs $334 MILLION DOLLARS!!!

 

[Chiron]

Gonna be a lot more assistance needed for the newly unemployed. My local Walmart already switched to all self checkout. They aren't gonna pay you &!##@$. Nobody even want yall according to the rep.

 

[tomdiginson]

I'm not surprised.

 

[blastercombo]

Can’t forget our $80+ million dollar fighter jets

Yes yes but water bout da iraqs??!?

 

[blastercombo]

The F-22 raptor costs $334 MILLION DOLLARS!!!

ONE...... how many they got?

 

[eracism]

I was on EBT like 10-12 years ago. I was kinda embarrassed to go into the welfare office but there was a bunch of hipsters there. Talking to some of them I was surprised to find they went to the nearby UC college which are prestigious in California. Made me feel better. I was eating good for a few years though. Imagine walking into the grocery store and getting anything you want for free. I mean yeah the funds would run out by the third week of the month, then you just switch it up to the dolla menu. When you buy groceries you gotta stick to the basics and tried and trues, but when you got that EBT card you be taking chances. I was getting those big *** 64 oz Naked juices and the most expensive cheeses at Walmart. Whole new way of shopping when you eating on Uncle Sam's dime.

 

[deusavertat]

So much trash in one picture

 

[wayniac211]

I was on EBT like 10-12 years ago. I was kinda embarrassed to go into the welfare office but there was a bunch of hipsters there. Talking to some of them I was surprised to find they went to the nearby UC college which are prestigious in California. Made me feel better. I was eating good for a few years though. Imagine walking into the grocery store and getting anything you want for free. I mean yeah the funds would run out by the third week of the month, then you just switch it up to the dolla menu. When you buy groceries you gotta stick to the basics and tried and trues, but when you got that EBT card you be taking chances. I was getting those big *** 64 oz Naked juices and the most expensive cheeses at Walmart. Whole new way of shopping when you eating on Uncle Sam's dime.

Used to go winco 4am like whaaaaaaat lol..
it’s temporary.. help you get back on ya feet when u **** up and too prideful or don’t have family to help. why I semi **** on da gov system but **** the people that run it

 

[mplsdunk]

waaaay back in the day me and my boy lived together and got fired from jobs like the same week and we were like "bro lets get ebt while we qualify before we re up on new jobs!"

we each got 600 a month, that was love because we were broke anyways. the food game was off the charts for 6 months man.

 

[cosmiccoffee9]

...and that's how billionaires are made.

 

[finessence]

ONE...... how many they got?

..... about 2 HUNDID!!

 

[cragmatic]

Gonna be a lot more assistance needed for the newly unemployed. My local Walmart already switched to all self checkout. They aren't gonna pay you &!##@$. Nobody even want yall according to the rep.

Meanwhile the Meijer (grocery chain in the Midwest) I shop at just added baggers. So now they’ve got a scanner and a bagger, check out goes SO much faster. It’s great.

 

[Brownstone]

I'll never forget when I was living in Minneapolis saw this lady (white) and her baby in line at this grocery store paying via food stamps. After she "pays" she hops into a brand new 7 series. I was like, how does that even work lol

 

[OGponson]

she may have bought them for half price from someone. Everybody sells their stamps around here