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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by sokoloff on Saturday July 31, 2021 @10:49AM (#28018585)
Gross profit is profit before paying their employees, so saying they have a gross profit percentage of X is certainly not dispositive (and is close to meaningless) in terms of supporting whether they could pay their employees more than currently.

You need to look at an operating income figure to make such a conclusion. (Or another financial measure that’s “after” labor, but OI is probably the standard one.)

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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by XorNot on Sunday August 01, 2021 @01:36AM (#28024048)
If Walmart makes 1 single cent of profit while having employees on food stamps, then that is the government sponsoring Walmart's profits by allowing it not to pay it's employees a living wage, and banking the difference as "profit".

They are literally taking your tax dollars to do this.

This is the simplest possible economic calculus: a business that doesn't pay full time employees a living wage is getting sponsored by your tax dollars for its profits.

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