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A Worrying Number of Amazon’s Warehouse Workers Are Reportedly Living Off Food Stamps
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| Last Edited | RP Apr 20, 2018 11:16am |
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| Author | Bryan Menegus |
| News Date | Thursday, April 19, 2018 05:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Amazon bills itself as a creator of jobs. Look no further than the ludicrous subsidy packages offered by cities in competition to host its second headquarters. But according to public records requests obtained by the Intercept, Amazon can drain public coffers in other ways, with five states listing Bezos’s empire as a top beneficiary of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance dollars.
The issue of Amazon workers relying on food stamps may be more widespread, as this news only represents the data that’s been furnished publicly so far. But in Kansas, Pennsylvania, Washington, Ohio, and Arizona, Amazon is among the top 20 beneficiaries of SNAP—and in Arizona things are particularly dire, with one out of every three Amazon employees needing food stamps to eat. |
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