One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps or Medicaid

Re:One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps ... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @03:17PM (#40445033)

> Should the companies shoulder more of the burden? It would be fairer and more just, but words about justice are cheap and power is expensive.

But how is this related to the subject?

There is an article lamenting that a third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps. Now suppose that Amazon paid more taxes and correspondingly provided more funding for the food stamp program. The next week a third of Amazon warehouse workers would still be on food stamps and media outlets would still be publishing the same clickbait headline.

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Re:One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps ... by pc86 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @03:45PM (#40445434)

This implies that government expenditures are based on actual revenues, and that $x in additional revenue is divided proportionally to all government services. Neither of these is true.

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Re:One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps ... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @03:51PM (#40445533)

It does not. The amount Amazon pays in taxes is independent of the proportion of their warehouse workers eligible for food stamps. This is entirely consistent with amount they pay in taxes also being independent of the amount of their taxes that go to fund the food stamp program in particular.

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