On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:28:52 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:50:22 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:47:10 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:44:56 -0700, graham wrote:
>> >
>> >> About 10
>> >> years ago I was shopping around for deals for baby formula and my
>> >> locally owned supermarket was 30% cheaper than Walmart, and that was the
>> >> regular price.
>> >
>> >Walmart here in the U.S. charges the maximum they can for baby formula
>> >because WIC pays for it - a government welfare program that
>> >reimburses grocery stores for the retail cost of the product. And all
>> >those WIC recipients just love Walmart, so that's where they buy it
>> >because the retail price doesn't matter to them.
>> >
>> >Walmart is very good at extracting as much money as they can from the
>> >Government. Half of Walmart's workforce qualifies for food stamps and
>> >other public assistance programs.
>>
>> Even though they have a job? You've gotta love unbridled capitalism!
>
>We even have a term for them: working poor. Also, they're blamed for
>being poor and called lazy - even though many of them hold several
>part time jobs trying to make ends meet.

exactly.
Janet US