How "job creators" cost taxpayers

GRacz

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Tuesday March 04, 2014 · 6:10 PM PST

2014/03/04 · 18:10

If you are really concerned about the economy, the environment, and the poor, stop shopping at Wal-Mart. Too often I hear conservative politicians slingling the sound byte that corporations create jobs and CEOs are society’s most effective job creators. They insinuate that without corporations, our economy would collapse and no one would be able to find a job. But with corporate profits at an all time high and an unemployment rate of nearly seven percent, this theory is inconsistent with reality.

Inconveniently, the Republican politicians in Congress appear to be the most concerned about the national debt under Obama yet still promote the policies of Wal-Mart and other corporations which pay their employees poverty wages. This is especially troublesome because the workers who make minimum wage or slightly above, are taking advantage of food stamps and Medicaid which adds to the national debt.

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