McDonald's McResources line urges worker to seek federal assistance

[Redfairen]

Source: LA Times

Nancy Salgado has worked at McDonald’s for 10 years and struggles to support her children with a wage that keeps her under the poverty line. So she called the fast-food behemoth’s employee hotline, known as McResources, in hopes of finding help making ends meet.

But instead of getting any company assistance, the McDonald’s operator suggested Salgado try food pantries, federal food stamps and Medicaid.

The conversation – which was recorded and released to the public Wednesday by labor advocacy group Low Pay Is Not Ok – comes as attention is growing around the taxpayer burden of so many low-paid workers in the fast-food industry.

A report released earlier this month written by economists at UC Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that more than half of families of fast-food workers receive some form of public assistance, costing the nation $7 billion a year.



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[NYC_SKP]

1. K/R this is corporate welfare, plain and simple. (nt)

[cstanleytech]

2. Exactly. nt

[warrant46]

10. And the rich feed at the public trough

As they attempt to curry favor and a good guy corporate fiction by setting up a couple of Ronald McDonald houses that are tax deductible to smokescreen the sheep

[cstanleytech]

19. The solution though is fairly simple to the problem assuming it can get passed by congress and the

senate (which is doubtful considering how many politicians regardless of party are in the pocket of the varies corporations) and that is there should be a tax on all company profits (even those profits not brought back into the US) that raises and lowers based on the number of part timers companies have on the payroll.
Larger number of part timers? Bigger tax on profits, lower number of part timers lower the tax.
On the flip side there should be a tax break on company profits based upon the number of full timers who are employed as well as how much they are paid over the minimum wage, larger the number of employees and the more they are paid over minimum wage then the larger the company can get a break on tax wise.

[warrant46]

20. Your solution would work

As you have outlined though, your ideas will never pass, since corporations through their wealth ---run amerika

And since these corporations have most Senators and Reps in their pocket.

Corporations will continue to get corporate welfare and feed at the trough as amerika will be over run in the future by an enlarging, increasingly poor, lower class.

[avebury]

3. K&R nt

[fascisthunter]

4. It would be Interesting to Confirm how McDonalds lobbies our Government

aare they funding politicians who want to destroy the Safety Net? If so, this is an indictment on them.

[noiretextatique]

5. this is something that should make freepers and baggers angry

since they are so concerned about "their taxes dollars" being used for food stamps, etc. we are all subsidizing profits for corporations....i mean people

[meanit]

11. Ha ha, that's funny

The Freeps & Baggers get angry at what FOX news & Limbaugh tells them to be angry at. Giving public money to help the profits of multi-billion dollar corporations is always a good thing in conservative la-la land.

[noiretextatique]

16. twisted

really...they are truly sheeple, and they don't even know it.

[JEFF9K]

6. "Republican-rules" capitalism in action!

[BillyRibs]

7. I sick Of

Subsidizing the cost of a Happy meal! I don't like them, I don't eat them, why should I help you pay for them. For Crikeeys sake raise the cost and par a decent wage.

[davidpdx]

8. That is rediculous

Someone should look into whether they are doing this in other countries.

[valerief]

9. So the govt only helps these people with only a quarter of what the govt shutdown cost. nt

[geomon666]

12. How about a nice and hot McFuck Yourself?

And just in case that doesn't fill you up, feel free to order a side of Value Kiss My Ass Fries.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

17. More like "Kiss My Ass Freedom Fries"

[Arkana]

13. "McResources"?

"Congratulations, you're McFucked! Be sure to pick up some McFood at your new McJob!"

[TBF]

14. More corporate welfare -

companies that do this should be hit with a special penalty for stealing from the taxpayers. As far as I'm concerned it's time to double the federal minimum wage (at least).

[MissMillie]

15. Sure... go on public assistance.....

but don't expect McDonald's Corporation to pay higher taxes to fund that assistance. Let the common people do that! /sarcasm

[IronLionZion]

18. The private sector is efficient like that.

and as long as they keep selling crap that is unfit for human consumption, they will continue to wonder why they are losing revenue.