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Walmart keeps wages low so workers qualify for SNAP & Medicaid, then takes tax credits for it. Those same workers spend their checks back at Walmart, feeding the same machine that underpays them. That's not a business model, it's a loop of exploitation.

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Walmart keeps wages low so workers qualify for SNAP & Medicaid, then takes tax credits for it.

Those same workers spend their checks back at Walmart, feeding the same machine that underpays them.

That's not a business model, it's a loop of exploitation.

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@Maddad β˜‘οΈ Nah, that's not American slavery, American slavery is the for profit prison industry where you can rent people for pennies

mprnews.org/story/2024/01/30/p…


Prisoners in the U.S. are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola.
The Associated Press (MPR News)
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I read somewhere that prisoners are making certain brands of blue genes for Walmart too..
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@Maddad β˜‘οΈ Wouldn't surprise me, they do everything these days, if'n you talk to a call center, you might be talking to a prisoner.
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