Guide to Political Revolution, by Bernie Sanders: on Welfare & Poverty


Welfare to low-wage workers subsidizes profitable companies

Why do the taxpayers of this country pay billions of dollars a year for programs such as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as the food stamp program), Medicaid, and subsidized housing? The answer is clear. Millions of American workers need these programs because they cannot survive on the starvation wages their employers pay. Public assistance given to low wage workers is essentially subsidizing the profits of the companies paying the low wages. Those corporations and all businesses should be paying their employees wages that they can live on with dignity, without the need for public assistance.
Source: Guide to Political Revolution, by Bernie Sanders, p. 8 Aug 29, 2017

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