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Re:Amazon Just Cut Off Warehouse Workers from a Companywide ... by cwhiz on Friday March 26, 2021 @06:48AM (#26590579)
Amazon can’t control your family situation, and they can’t base pay on it, either. No single adult should be on food stamps with a $15/hour wage.
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Re:Amazon Just Cut Off Warehouse Workers from a Companywide ... by marcusverus on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:02AM (#26591606)
It's kind of shameless, in my opinion:

1) Obama (in the ACA) expands food stamp access by making it available to households with an income of <=133% of the poverty line.

2) food stamp enrollment rises significantly.

3) Progressives, clutching their pearls, cite "high" food stamp enrollment as an indication of the need for more Progressive policies!

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Re:Amazon Just Cut Off Warehouse Workers from a Companywide ... by cwhiz on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:58AM (#26593623)
MIT has a living wage calculator[0], and in most locations in the US $15/hour is a living wage for a single adult.

Amazon can't alter their wage scale based on your family situation. They aren't even allowed to ask about your family situation, it's a protected class.

[0]: https://livingwage.mit.edu

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Re:Amazon Just Cut Off Warehouse Workers from a Companywide ... by koheripbal on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:44AM (#26592756)
Amazon warehouse salaries start at $15.25/hr.

That is more than double the US Federal minimum wage.

~$31K per year.

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