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/PRNewswire/ Walmart announced its 9th annual Open Call and, for the fourth year in a row, is teaming up with RangeMe to streamline submissions for the.
the president recalled the words of adam smith and said, for those of you that don t speak english, if you work hard, you should make a decent living. that s a conservative principle as much as it is anything else. polls have showed the minimum wage has a ton of pop with people. i ve noticed in the last couple months that readers of the huffington post, maybe a third republicans and the rest independents and democrats, have really responded to minimum wage stories. it s been surprising. we ve been you know, we ve been covering low-wage issues for years now and have several reporters dedicated to it. and we ve never had anything catch on like the minimum wage. part of it is dignity. they feel like if you work full time, you ought to have a dignified existence. the other part is they re sick of subsidizing walmart executives. they now are finally making that connection. that walmart and mcdonald s executives are getting rich while their workers are on food stamps, on medicaid, on a
far below a livable wage. just last week, congressman jan schakowsky called walmart executives, quote, welfare king, and told us walmart benefits from public programs that support, quote, their poverty wage employees. it s a criticism echoed by some union groups and other democrats. walmart ceo calls it unfair and misinformed. a pro union point of view and with a specific and particular agenda. we re no different than any other retailer in america. we provide opportunities for people to join the company and to grow. the level of subsidy that exists is an issue that the government decides. a familiar walmart talking point, 75% of store managers started as hourly associates. the issue isn t where you start. it s where you go to once you ve started, the mobility. so raising the minimum wage will change the starting wage, but it won t adjust where people can go