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Essay / Wal-Mart - 531
In Maine, there are twenty-five known wellness queens. If that doesn't brighten your day, then it would be essential to know that there are two more on the way. Yes, it's true. Soon we'll be up to twenty-seven welfare queens doing what they do best. Wasting American taxpayers' money. In Maine, Wal-Mart leads employers with the most workers receiving MaineCare, food stamps and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. These workers, especially associates, are not lazy. Instead, they are forced to resort to the nation's safety net programs with Wal Mart's low wages. When a company pays the average employee an annual salary of $15,576, how can anyone expect to survive? Fifteen thousand dollars for a family of two is below the poverty line, which is $15,730. Therefore, the family of two could enroll in both SNAP and Medicaid, because a major requirement for participation in these programs is that income falls below a certain level. For SNAP, it is 130% above the poverty line that will make a person eligible. Whereas, for Medicaid, eligibility corresponds...