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The claim

"Not paying a living wage is actually a form of corporate welfare, too, because these big companies like Walmart and Amazon often rely on food stamp programs and public coffers to cover the wages that they won't pay to people."

Rating

Data supports this claim in a 2020 report from the Government Accountability Office.

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Sources and attribution

  1. [original] PolitiFact original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026