tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8614288798630992169..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: More Silly Arguments About WalmartRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76240111436568724532016-09-20T02:18:37.892-04:002016-09-20T02:18:37.892-04:00Boom! Roasted!Boom! Roasted!Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068752354115705603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-49008853593819333312016-09-19T16:57:07.139-04:002016-09-19T16:57:07.139-04:00If Walmart pays them too little and that imposes c...If Walmart pays them too little and that imposes costs on taxpayers, what about what I pay them? I pay them *nothing*! Am I not more guilty than Walmart of this charge? Isn't the student who advanced this argument more guilty than Walmart? Isn't *anyone* who does not hire these people and others guilty of a larger transgression than Walmart?Scott Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270655527655803743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31901678601322444702016-09-19T15:21:05.029-04:002016-09-19T15:21:05.029-04:00The mechanism is that welfare causes workers to bi...The mechanism is that welfare causes workers to bid their labor lower because they are better off with a lower paying job and welfare than they would be with no job and welfare (the low bid gets them the job over someone else) or a higher paying job and no welfare (the welfare cliff). <br /><br />Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.com