What's the matter with you? I asked a question and you throw that class warfare BS out there? For someone's who's party just won an election you and others in here are behaving like someone kicked your dog.
Class warfare BS?
This practice has been going on in many sectors of the economy for decades... prior to Obamacare, it was unwritten law that FULL TIME employees are offered some sort of healthcare benefit, because if they don't, that employer will experience higher turnover.... unfortunately in fast food and discount retail, big employers who pay their CEOs millions in salary/compensation/perks can only "afford" to offer their full time employees crap health insurance like THIS....
http://www.dsausa.org/lowwage/walmart/health.htmlSome in the insurance industry have a hard time taking this coverage seriously. A gathering of 300 insurance agents in Las Vegas erupted into laughter last summer when an insurance-company executive explained a limited-benefit plan offered by Star Human Resources. "The annual cap is $1,000. That's not the deductible," said Gregory Mutz, CEO of Dallas insurer UICI, which had just acquired Star from Mr. Shoumaker.
Mr. Mutz told the agents not to laugh. Economically, the potential customers "are at the bottom of the food chain," he said. "I don't want to make fun" of this coverage.
These aren't "welfare queens." These aren't "moochers." These aren't primarily high school students or college kids picking up a little extra cash. These are hard-working Americans.
A study released by the National Employment Law Project (NELP), however, shows that it is big corporations not small businesses that benefit from low-wage workers. “Big Business, Corporate Profits, and the Minimum Wage,” singles out McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, and Yum! Brands as among the large and profitable companies which employ 66 percent of low-wage workers.
Christine Owens, executive director of NELP said “While those businesses have emerged from the recession with strong profits, their lowest-paid workers are still struggling to make ends meet. It’s deeply worrisome that the very businesses that can most afford to pay fair wages and boost consumer demand are also driving the stagnant wage growth that is holding the economy back.”
And in fact it is more than holding the country back. It is costing state and federal governments millions to subsidize the employees of these profitable businesses. The stories of Wal-Mart employees on food stamps smack of urban legend, but they are not. A 2009 study by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Service found that 15,000 Wal-Mart employees were receiving Medicaid. The nation’s largest civilian employer was not the only welfare queen. In June of that year Ohio paid $28.5 million for Medicaid, $1.4 million for food stamps, and $10.9 million for Welfare for employees of the state’s 50 largest employers. Workers with salaries at or near the poverty line are also eligible for subsidized housing, reduced school lunches, and home heating assistance.
