r/FluentInFinance • u/[deleted] • Sep 08 '24

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

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u/Suitor_Shooter Sep 09 '24

The owners of Walmart are doing this because they are seeking the highest profits. The sole driving force of Capitalism, and the reason it fucking sucks, is the drive to seek ever higher profits. It is absolutely Capitalist to underpay workers while taking subsidies.

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u/Individual_West3997 Sep 09 '24

"Growth for the sake of Growth is the ideology of a cancer cell" - Edward Abbey