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Wal-Mart pays some of its employees such a low wage that they must subsist on a range of government assistance programs. In effect, therefore, taxpayers subsidize the profits of Wal-Mart shareholders, at a rate of $2,000 per employee per year.
Democratic Staff of House Comm. on Education and the Workforce (report by Rep. George Miller), Everyday Low Wages: The Hidden Price We Pay for Wal-Mart, 8 (Feb. 16, 2004).