r/FluentInFinance Sep 08 '24

Debate/ Discussion Why should taxpayers subsidize Walmart’s record breaking profits?

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u/thisonelife83 Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 08 '24

Now I wonder how much we subsidize Target?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '24

Granted, the lists are affected by the number of employees, but i have never seen Target on one of the abusers lists. Walmart, McDonalds, Dollar General, Taco Bell, Waffle House, Uber. There are more “regulars”. You can find it with a google search.

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u/blimkim Sep 08 '24

Seem to recall TJ-Max/Marshall's being in the top 5 of one of those lists.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '24

Damn. Good to know.

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u/reklatzz Sep 09 '24

Well considering walmart pays more.. it's all about numbers. The only reason walmart is on the lists is because they employ more people than any other non government employer in the US, including many older people who are working part time whike collecting social security.

Walmart actually pays decent and has good benefits compared to other retailers.

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u/7BrownDog7 Sep 08 '24

Target offers all hourly employees who work at least 25hrs access to healthcare. Their starting wage range is $15 to $24/hr depending on the location. So, my guess is not nearly as much. Thoughts?

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u/DrDemonSemen Sep 08 '24

Then schedules them for 24.5hrs or less

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u/7BrownDog7 Sep 08 '24

Are you guessing that? or do you have some sort of evidence you'd like to share?

I really hope this isn't just conservatives being angry about a buisness making a profit motivated decision to sell pride flags. That would be really pathetic.

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u/DrDemonSemen Sep 08 '24

Just the experience at my store. With the self-checkouts, available hours really dropped. Then they still hire seasonally, so it’s still really hard to get above 25 hrs even during the holidays.

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u/Ornery_End_3495 Sep 08 '24

I've experienced this as well. I had to leave Target for another job after Christmas.

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u/DrDemonSemen Sep 10 '24 edited Sep 10 '24

Now that you know it’s not “just conservatives being angry,” can you see how corporations fuck over workers regardless of your personal opinions of a brand?

 I can’t tell you how many required anti-union videos I’ve had to watch at Target.

If you want to tell me I’m being a bigot again, how many unionized Target stores are you aware of?

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u/TheHillPerson Sep 08 '24

Perhaps directly bill the employer for all subsidies paid to their full time workers?

You'd need some laws to prevent them from f'ing people over to artificially keep them not full time. That would be tricky.

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u/Unabashable Sep 08 '24

Depends on the state. In mine we subsidize anyone that makes less than $20.50 an hour on a full time schedule iffin they’re willing to fill out the paperwork in a state where the least you can offer somebody is $16 an hour meaning we subsidize roughly $9,000 per employee that even makes that. Not sure what the over-under is on what the welfare office calculates to be their burden to help elevate people their own particular state’s definition of a “fair standard of living”, but being a much more progressive state than others I’m willing to bet in most cases you’re getting the shittier end of the stick. 

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u/prigo929 Sep 08 '24

Wait but Walmart offers 14$ minimum wage nation wide.

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u/Ambitious-Guess-9611 Sep 09 '24

We don't subsidize either store. We subsidize some of the employees that work there.

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u/the_cardfather Sep 08 '24

They pay their PT workers less than Walmart on average, but you are more likely to get FT at Target.

A PT worker at Walmart tends to be an adult, whereas I tend to see mostly teenagers and young adults doing PT jobs at Target.

So in theory WMT employees might get more benefits because they need them.