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- The Institute of Policy Studies reports workers at US corporations rely on healthcare and food assistance due to low wages.
- The Low-Wage 20, including Walmart and Amazon, employs 6.7 million people with median pay below Medicaid thresholds.
- The Starbucks Chief Executive Officer earns $95.8 million while the median worker earns $14,674.
- Critics describe this as corporate welfare as federal anti-poverty spending declines.
- Home Depot and Lowe’s did not respond to inquiries.
