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teclordphrack2
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The Teamsters announce coordinated nationwide proj...
Why is that. I don't want my tax dollars going to welfare for their workers. I have skin in that game.
JohnWhigham
on June 23, 2021
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Why would governments magically stop subsidizing Amazon if their workers unionized?
jdavis703
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There are plenty of reasons to support unions, but this sort of corporate welfare could be eliminated by increasing the minimum wage.
gruez
on June 23, 2021
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Paying people minimum wage is "corporate welfare"? How so?
jdavis703
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Because the alternative is the taxpayer winds up paying for those workers’ healthcare, food and housing (Medicaid, SNAP and Section 8 vouchers).
gruez
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You're forgetting the alternative where the person ends up getting unemployed instead, in which case the taxpayer pays 100% for those workers’ healthcare, food and housing.
disposekinetics
on June 23, 2021
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It isn't a binary, the question is the right representation as much as anything else.
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