It’s heartening that the living wage discussion is finally inspiring Democrats to fight on behalf of the American worker. Salon’s Josh Eidelson says:
A slide from Wal-Mart’s U.S. CEO’s presentation to Goldman Sachs’ retail conference boasts that “Over 475K” U.S. employees earned more than $25,000 last year. Activist workers and members of Congress seized on that statistic at a Wednesday press event, arguing it amounts to an admission that annual pay for the majority of Walmart’s 1.3 million-member US workforce falls below $25,000.
“Low-income people, poor people, have been demonized for being the ‘takers,’” Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky told reporters at a D.C. press conference. But because “taxpayers are the ones that are subsidizing Wal-Mart right now,” she contended, Wal-Mart elites are the true “welfare kings in this country.”
Thank you! Thank you! More like this, please!
Online commenters slam Paul Constant for sucking at life while failing to provide useful content.
Target, OK, McDonalds, OK…. but fucking Walmart is where we draw the line.