Trump might have just dog walked himself into something good 😂. It never fails. He fucks things up so bad that the economy collapses and cost of living goes down.
And it's Walmarts fault. Has been. Always was. Always will be. This is literally their economic model at play.
FUCK EM.
The Waltons were major named donors to the Heritage Foundation.
Oh no. Not Walmart. Leave it to America to be more concerned about the shareholders and not the people within the borders.
Yes millions of people can't access food, but have you thought about the impact this is having on Walmart's profits?
Honestly? If it's what gets people to be fed, I'm okay with doing it because people starving is bad for the economy.
I'd rather we did at least the bare minimum for the right reason, but I'll accept the wrong reason. At this point, hoping for more than the bare minimum seems unrealistic when we're most likely to get the wrong thing for the wrong reasons.
Walmart gets it both ways. They get to under pay full time employees to the point they are eligible for snap, then they make money when people use snap in their stores.
The American taxpayers are basically subsidizing Walmart.
I never considered the second point. Holy hell US lawmakers are captured by special interests
I think its important for people to know there are consequences for supporting fascism. Walmart has been donating to conservative PACs for decades and the Waltons themselves tilt even harder than the company.
I don't disagree, it's just so fucking frustrating that people can scream from the rooftops for months/years that "this is bad, bad things will happen" and people will ignore them until it affects them personally or it affects a company's profits.
The problem is all the people starving, not Walmart losing less than 1% of their profits. But apparently that less than 1% profit loss is what people listen to. It's disgusting.
This is the only good news from trump's term. The waltons losing money in this way exposes who they are, and might piss them off enough to do something.
The waltons losing money in this way exposes who they are, and might piss them off enough to do something.
As much as I hate the idea of corporate interests having that much influence over the government (any government), someone richer than him complaining could be the only thing that gets through Trump's mushy head.
I dunno why it says "If SNAP goes dark" becuase it already did go dark. It's already been a week woth no payments and it looks like nothing is going to change that. SNAP has already "gone dark".
Well shit, the dumbasses guzzled down the orange Kool-Aid. Zero sympathy and f-them.
So the federal government subsidizes not only Walmart employee wages, but Walmarts grocery sales too? And Mamdani is apparently crazy for saying New York should run its own grocery stores that actually benefit the community instead of making the Walton family richer.
That's an aspect of social security nets that's rarely talked about: They stabilize domestic demand and thereby the local economy.
Food assistance programs are a huge subsidy/bailout program for big ag.
I think it does get talked about plenty. But not to the people that need to hear and understand it. You certainly won't hear about it on Fox News or Truth Social.
Maybe it is different in the USA. I'm German. There's plenty of people here who can explain to you why social security is good ethically, but you have to search long and hard for somebody who is able to explain some of the reasons it's also the smart choice economically, let alone media who will let them finish their sentence.
I'll be quite honest, Walmart's bottom line would be the least of my worries personally
Even regional grocers will feel this too. Any snap loss, is loss where ebt is accepted. So many different markets..
Walmart would love to start paying people script.
That's so much money. It's immensely frustrating that any assistance programs we come up with ultimately become a massive wealth transfer to big companies.
SNAP, subsidized student loans/forgiveness, Medicaid/Medicare, etc. The market will just happily absorb the free taxpayer money and then still raise prices on everyone because of the increased demand.
Walmart saves money by not paying a livable wage, they save money by not paying taxes, they receive money from the taxpayers who paid into snap. No wonder why they keep making profits year after year.
Considering that Walmart is one of the largest corporations benefiting from deliberately underpaying their workers and telling them it's the government's job to feed them, I find that my field of fucks is barren.
SNAP is basically a tax break for walmart. Underpay the staff and let the government cover their food, which is often bought at walmart.
This isn't new for Walmart. They have 'how to apply for food stamps' employee programs. They have food drives for their employees during the holidays b/c they can't afford food. All while taking in obscene profits.
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.