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THE WALMART SUBSIDY NOBODY TALKS ABOUT

THE WALMART SUBSIDY NOBODY TALKS ABOUT

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 Vale traces how corporations like Walmart, McDonald's, and Amazon have built business models dependent on their employees needing SNAP benefits. Analyzing internal training documents and earnings data, the episode reveals how 70% of Walmart workers require food stamps, while the company captures $10.4 billion in SNAP spending annually. These corporations lobby to maintain SNAP at exactly the level that keeps workers desperate enough to accept poverty wages while simultaneously profiting from the government benefits their underpayment necessitates - creating a perfect circle of subsidized exploitation.

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