Could this be the reason that Hillary won’t join the ‘fight for fifteen’? You betcha! Walmart’s wages are so low that they have cost taxpayers 6.2 billion in public assistance!
xWalmart billionaire Alice Walton just dumped $353,000 into @HillaryClinton's'>https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton">@HillaryClinton's campaign https://t.co/fFi2hOm5qJhttps://t.co/fFi2hOm5qJ">https://t.co/fFi2hOm5qJ> pic.twitter.com/7ksakXsJ3C
&mdash'>https://t.co/7ksakXsJ3C">pic.twitter.com/7ksakXsJ3C— David Sirota (@davidsirota) February'>https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/702868420484698112">February 25, 2016 x@Ipsums_Lorumhttps://twitter.com/Ipsums_Lorum">@Ipsums_Lorum> @BenjaminNortonhttps://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton">@BenjaminNorton> Wrong. See FEC report here -- note "Hillary Victory Fund." I'll wait for your apology pic.twitter.com/v3s0IaK1tR
&mdash'>https://t.co/v3s0IaK1tR">pic.twitter.com/v3s0IaK1tR— David Sirota (@davidsirota) February'>https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/702886306599178244">February 25, 2016 xA Walmart lobbyist just held a campaign fundraiser in Mexico for Clinton, who backed NAFTA https://t.co/i8MlAtq6a1
&mdash'>https://t.co/i8MlAtq6a1">https://t.co/i8MlAtq6a1— David Sirota (@davidsirota) February'>https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/702909470909698048">February 25, 2016 xClinton's "commitment" = being on Walmart board as it offshored jobs https://t.co/ELsyKrBzCYhttps://t.co/ELsyKrBzCY">https://t.co/ELsyKrBzCY> https://t.co/z7jIzt2iIjhttps://t.co/z7jIzt2iIj">https://t.co/z7jIzt2iIj> pic.twitter.com/FkrngrpvUF
&mdash'>https://t.co/FkrngrpvUF">pic.twitter.com/FkrngrpvUF— David Sirota (@davidsirota) February'>https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/702866504014954497">February 25, 2016 xABC NEWS: Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions https://t.co/AwoicbeBUN
&mdash'>https://t.co/AwoicbeBUN">https://t.co/AwoicbeBUN— David Sirota (@davidsirota) February'>https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/702865740953579520">February 25, 2016UPDATE: Walmart overwhelmingly favors republicans with donations, but they make an exception with Hillary
The report also includes figures on contributions related to the issue that is perhaps closest to the company’s heart: workers’ wages. The report says that from 2005 to 2012, 59 percent of the Walmart PAC's contributions to House members who voted on the minimum wage increase went to candidates who opposed the increase, while 95 percent of the Waltons' contributions went to candidates who opposed the increase.
"This shows you the real Walmart," Bertha Lewis, an advocate associated with Making Change at Walmart, said. "They put their money where their ideology is."