Many Workers at Largest Corporations in US Depend on Federal Benefits to Survive
A man sanitizes shopping carts as people line up early morning at Walmart during Black Friday amid the COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey, on November 27, 2020.
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Millions of Americans employed at some of the country’s largest companies have had to rely on food stamps and Medicaid, with giants like Walmart and McDonald’s employing the most workers whose income is subsidized by taxpayers, according to a new study.
The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog, released a study commissioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., last month based on data provided by 11 states.