(Source: CNN, June 5, 2013)
NEW YORK — The cost of low wages at Wal-Mart are at the center of a new report released last week by the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Low wages are an issue across the economy, but Wal-Mart, as the country’s largest private employer, has long faced closer scrutiny than other companies.
According to the report, the cost of Wal-Mart’s low wages isn’t just felt by workers, but also transferred to American taxpayers. The report zeroes in on Wal-Mart in Wisconsin. That’s because the state releases information on how many workers are enrolled in its public health care program broken down by employer.
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