Walmart announced minutes ago they are going to pay

[doc03]

a minimum of $15 an hour and provide free health insurance
to all their employees as of January 1st 2018. They believe that is the right thing to do
with the money they will save from the tRump tax scam.

[quartz007]

1. why not a $1000 Christmas bonus

like AT&T? Walmart can afford it.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. Been boycotting Walmart for years... don't think even that would get me to end it.

[doc03]

5. That is the CEOs bonus $1000 an

hour.

[riversedge]

7. Trump will be bragging about the AT and T bonus --that is for sure.

[Luz]

9. But, hey, per Gary Cohn 1k is an incredible amount...

If we allow a family to keep another thousand dollars of their income, what does that mean? They can renovate their kitchen, they can buy a new car, they can take their family on vacation, they can increase their lifestyle," he said. "That's what our tax plan has to do."

[doc03]

11. A new car? The tires for my car costs $800. My bath tub cost $5000.

[SHRED]

3. This is a naked political ploy

[Freethinker65]

4. Nah. It was $25/hr with health insurance, 12 weeks vacation, use of company jet, and stock options

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Ha!

[Hoyt]

8. Truthfully, if Walmart gave its 2.2 Million employees every dollar of tax savings from the rate cut

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it would only amount to $1,305 annually per employee.

($20,497,000,000 Earnings before Taxes X 0.14 rate cut) / 2,200,000 employees = $1,304.35.


That's something, but not as much as I would have thought.

[applegrove]

10. Don't most us corporations supply health care to their employees?

[LoveMyCali]

12. Not fully paid for

I have to pay a good chunk of mine as I'm sure many people do.

[applegrove]

14. Well i'm glad the Walmart family has finally decided they don't need

all the money and that goodwill actually means something.

[Greybnk48]

15. In Wisconsin, new employees at Walmart

are shown how to sign up for Badger Care (used to be welfare) as part of their orientation. They've done that for years here and at Sam's Club too.

[Kirk Lover]

13. I must say these corporations are putting on quite the show. I can't wait for my job to just offer

up company wide raises. They could afford it before this tax heist having 20 million in premium. I sure ain't holding my breath because it's not going to happen. Just a show from the big boys....and the final act is coming soon and we won't hear any more about this.