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In reply to the discussion: About those folks on "food stamps" [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,894 posts)17. And that's assuming they get 30 hours each and every week.
Why can't Walmart actually have them work 40 hours? And what's the cost in a given state or city of renting an apartment?
And what if this person making a whopping $16500 year (and that's before any taxes. FICA will always be taken out, which knocks that princely sum down to $14500, if I did the math right) has a couple of kids?
Alas, that image is not as outdated as it ought to be.
I recall reading a couple of decades ago that along with showing videos about the horrors of unionization, Walmart's new employee orientation included teaching them how to apply for food stamps.
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After seeing a mug like Trump's, you need something THAT sweet to make up for it
sandensea
Dec 2019
#49
Good for you in calling out this hypocrite...they whine and bitch gripe about everyone else on...
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2019
#26
"born on third base and thought they hit a triple" is how I have heard it said.
CTyankee
Dec 2019
#43