Tapsearch Com EditorWorkers survival depends on taxpayers
May 29th 2008 21:40
Bizarre Politics Reports:
Tariffs on work
Workers depend on public benefits. The working poor class needs government help to survive. The economic stimulus money is coming and keeps the natives from getting restless and there is another story behind it.
Workers depend on Public Benefits to survive
In the new global economic arena, many require private and government assistance to survive. We even have a homeless population that does not make enough money to afford shelter. In Cleveland Ohio, there are 2,200 children registered as homeless in the school system.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer provided the statistics for the number of workers at top corporations who need government assistance to survive. This can not last much longer since the population of taxpayers are dwindling to support these efforts. ( This report covers only Ohio and you can imagine how high the stats are nationwide. )
The top employers in Ohio who send the most employees to the Medicaid, food stamp and welfare rolls are Wal-Mart and McDonalds. The Department of Job and Family Services review was ordered amid pressures from legislators, advocates and the press, questioning why Medicaid spending is eating up an ever-increasing share of the state bugets. It was found that more than 12,000 Wal-Mart employees and their family members turned to publicly subsidized health insurance in 2005. The number accounts for roughly 7 percent of Wal-Mart's total statewide work force. McDonald's came in second with 11,359 employees and their dependents receiving Medicaid benefits in 2005. The costs of 104,652 Medicaid recipients at the 40 identified companies received an estimated $236 million in benefits. Roughly $100 million of that would have been picked up by Ohio taxpayers.
An additional 73,110 Ohioans employed at the 40 companies received food stamps and 7,253 received Ohio Works First Public assistance checks. ( Nothing was reported about family tax credits. )
In addition to the discount retailers, fast-food chains and temporary employment agencies on the list, a pair of Cleveland hospitals - the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals - also popped up unexpectedly. There is an irony in health care institutions whose employees are not provided health care.
As it has emerged as the largest employer in the state, nation and world, Wal-Mart has faced increasing criticism for fostering a business model reliant on low wage jobs with inadequate benefits.
The top employers whose employees use the services of Medicaid are
1. Wal-Mart
2. McDonalds
3. Yum! Brands
4. Wendy's
5. Bob Evans
6. Kroger
7. Burger King
8. Frisch's
9. Marathon
10. Manpower
The top employers whose employees use food stamps are
1. McDonald's fast foods
2. Wal-Mart
3. Yum! Brands
4. Wendy's
5. Bob Evans
6. Kroger
7. Burger King
8. Frisch's
9. Marathon
10. Subway
The top employers whose employees are on Ohio Works First welfare program are
1. McDonald's
2. Wendy's
3. Yum! Brands
4. Wal-Mart
5. Burger King
6. Kroger
7. Bob Evans
8. Frisch's
9. Subway
10. Arby's
* Yum! Brands include A&W, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut and Tacco restaurants.
Reference: Cleve Plain Dealer, Julie Carr Smith, 2006
Welcome to the New World Disorder where food workers need food stamps to survive and where tariffs are taken off products and put on labor.
Workers depend on Public Benefits to survive
Taxpayers pay tariffs on the working poor
In the new global economic arena, many require private and government assistance to survive. We even have a homeless population that does not make enough money to afford shelter. In Cleveland Ohio, there are 2,200 children registered as homeless in the school system.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer provided the statistics for the number of workers at top corporations who need government assistance to survive. This can not last much longer since the population of taxpayers are dwindling to support these efforts. ( This report covers only Ohio and you can imagine how high the stats are nationwide. )
The top employers in Ohio who send the most employees to the Medicaid, food stamp and welfare rolls are Wal-Mart and McDonalds. The Department of Job and Family Services review was ordered amid pressures from legislators, advocates and the press, questioning why Medicaid spending is eating up an ever-increasing share of the state bugets. It was found that more than 12,000 Wal-Mart employees and their family members turned to publicly subsidized health insurance in 2005. The number accounts for roughly 7 percent of Wal-Mart's total statewide work force. McDonald's came in second with 11,359 employees and their dependents receiving Medicaid benefits in 2005. The costs of 104,652 Medicaid recipients at the 40 identified companies received an estimated $236 million in benefits. Roughly $100 million of that would have been picked up by Ohio taxpayers.
An additional 73,110 Ohioans employed at the 40 companies received food stamps and 7,253 received Ohio Works First Public assistance checks. ( Nothing was reported about family tax credits. )
In addition to the discount retailers, fast-food chains and temporary employment agencies on the list, a pair of Cleveland hospitals - the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals - also popped up unexpectedly. There is an irony in health care institutions whose employees are not provided health care.
As it has emerged as the largest employer in the state, nation and world, Wal-Mart has faced increasing criticism for fostering a business model reliant on low wage jobs with inadequate benefits.
The top employers whose employees use the services of Medicaid are
1. Wal-Mart
2. McDonalds
3. Yum! Brands
4. Wendy's
5. Bob Evans
6. Kroger
7. Burger King
8. Frisch's
9. Marathon
10. Manpower
The top employers whose employees use food stamps are
1. McDonald's fast foods
2. Wal-Mart
3. Yum! Brands
4. Wendy's
5. Bob Evans
6. Kroger
7. Burger King
8. Frisch's
9. Marathon
10. Subway
The top employers whose employees are on Ohio Works First welfare program are
1. McDonald's
2. Wendy's
3. Yum! Brands
4. Wal-Mart
5. Burger King
6. Kroger
7. Bob Evans
8. Frisch's
9. Subway
10. Arby's
* Yum! Brands include A&W, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut and Tacco restaurants.
Reference: Cleve Plain Dealer, Julie Carr Smith, 2006
Welcome to the New World Disorder where food workers need food stamps to survive and where tariffs are taken off products and put on labor.
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