In Georgia, for example, Walmart employed an estimated 3,959 workers on Medicaid--an estimated 2.1 percent of the total of non-elderly, non-disabled people in the state receiving the benefit. McDonald's was next on the list, employing 1,480 who received Medicaid, or 0.8 percent of the total of non-elderly, non-disabled people on the program.
A press release published on Sen. Sanders' Senate website states:
Across nine states--Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington--these large corporations employed the following numbers of SNAP recipients in February 2020:
 · Walmart - 14,541
 · McDonald's - 8,783
 · Dollar Tree - 4,515
 · Dollar General - 4,488
 · Amazon - 4,218
 · Burger King - 3,326
 · FedEx - 2,622
 · Wendy's - 2,237
 · Subway - 2,231
 · Taco Bell - 2,114
 · Uber - 2,032
 · Target - 1,783
 · Dunkin' Donuts - 1,564
 · Home Depot - 1,305
 · Lowe's - 1,154
 · Family Dollar - 570
 · CVS - 545
 · Walgreens - 355
Across six states--Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island--the following large corporations employed these approximate numbers of Medicaid enrollees in February 2020:
 · Walmart - 10,350
 · McDonald's - 4,600
 · Amazon - 4,154
 · Dollar Tree - 2,964
 · Target - 2,754
 · Dollar General - 2,625
 · Home Depot - 2,237
 · CVS - 1,939
 · Burger King - 1,679
 · Dunkin' Donuts - 1,278
 · Wendy's - 1,059
 · FedEx - 1,046
 · Walgreens - 1,009
 · Subway - 973
 · Taco Bell - 868
 · Lowe's - 611
 · Uber - 591
If only average American taxpayers realized how much their hard-earned wages are being pumped into these companies despite record profits--and how little those companies pay in taxes--perhaps they would not fall for the lie they are peddled about "not being able to afford" Medicare-for-All, college-debt forgiveness, and fully fund Social Security.
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