Wal-Mart may be the biggest welfare queen in the United States, but it is far from the only one. The fast food industry is also guilty of padding their profits by forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for much of their labor. We need to stop this corporate welfare now -- and a good start toward doing that would be to raise the minimum wage to a livable level. Corporations should pay their own expenses, just like ordinary Americans must do.
Politics Magazine
Wal-Mart may be the biggest welfare queen in the United States, but it is far from the only one. The fast food industry is also guilty of padding their profits by forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for much of their labor. We need to stop this corporate welfare now -- and a good start toward doing that would be to raise the minimum wage to a livable level. Corporations should pay their own expenses, just like ordinary Americans must do.
