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September 25, 2018

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Large retailers who underpay employees materially Large retailers who underpay employees materially benefit from from programs like SNAP & Medicaid. 

Companies with large populations of low wage, part time employees with little to know benefits s. 

It made me think about other ways taxpayers subsidize corporations. Like with mass lay-offs in which countless thousands of employees are laid of to cut costs and maximize company profit margins which can lead to those employees needing SNAP and other benefits to survive. 

Layoffs shift economic burdens to the public. Tax payers fund unemployment benefits and public assistance. On top of loosing payroll and business tax revenue. It means that we the people subsidize corporate profitability and individual wealth accumulation. 

I remember when companies once at least pretended to include customers, employees, and sometimes the even physical regional communities  where their offices are housed as key stakeholders they were accountable to in their operations. Now so many large corporations are seemingly only accountable to their top 1% of shareholders. 

Anyway, policy matters. The big picture matters. So many things, like needed food assistance, aren’t individual failings but systematic levers of harm and manipulation to benefit the few on the backs of the many.
The Public carries the cost of low wages and layof The Public carries the cost of low wages and layoffs. 

Layoffs shift economic burdens to the public. Taxpayers help continuously fund unemployment benefits and public assistance for laid-off employees, on top of losing payroll and business tax revenue. This means that we, the people, subsidize corporate profitability and individual wealth accumulation. 

I remember when companies once at least pretended to include customers, employees, and sometimes the even physical regional communities where their offices are housed as key stakeholders they were accountable to in their operations. Now, so many large corporations are seemingly only accountable to their top 1% of shareholders. 

Anyway, policy matters. The big picture matters.
A reminder that the kids/teens in your life are co A reminder that the kids/teens in your life are constantly growing and likely changing, so you have to make intentional time to continue to know and understand them.

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