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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by gruez on Saturday July 31, 2021 @11:05AM (#28018726)
>somehow Walmart is being allowed to tax me, not a Walmart shopper, via my taxes, and transfer it to Walmart's owners and shareholders, by forcing me to pay for part of their employees wages.

How is it a transfer to walmart? The people who get paid the benefit are eligible for it regardless of whether they're employed by walmart or not. Suppose walmart automated their jobs and replaced them with robots, you'll still be on the hook for paying those benefits.

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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by rhacker on Saturday July 31, 2021 @09:08PM (#28022855)
but it hasnt. if they weren't so huge those people might be making living wages working at Bills and Jims and Franklin's sewing shop.
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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by gruez on Sunday August 01, 2021 @12:26AM (#28023794)
>if they weren't so huge those people might be making living wages working at Bills and Jims and Franklin's sewing shop.

I'm skeptical of this. If anything amazon's push for minimum wage makes me think they're better able to afford the increased cost of labor than their competitors.

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