Ohio’s Wal-Mart tax
If you are an Ohio taxpayer, you’re probably footing the bill for Walmart’s unaffordable health care plans.
Newly released data shows that Ohio spends roughly $68.5 million each year providing state benefits to Walmart employees. The numbers are staggering. Over 15,000 Walmart employees use Medicaid, 12,000 are on food stamps, and thousands more utilize other state-run programs.
Worst of all, it’s paid for out of Ohio taxpayers’ pockets.
Walmart doesn’t need your money to support its employees. With nearly $14 billion in profits last year, Bentonville can clearly afford to do better.
We can’t allow Walmart to fail its employees and your state. Please take action: inform your local newspaper about Walmart’s exploitation of Ohio’s health and welfare programs.
Write Your Newspaper: Let Your Community Know That Walmart is Failing Ohio
Walmart claims to support health care reform and the employer mandate. Yet, In spite of astronomical profits, Walmart fails to cover 700,000 of its employees and offers plans too costly for its average employees to afford.
Walmart claims that nearly 95% of its employees are covered by company health care or by a family member. Yet, in Ohio, 28% of Walmart’s Ohio employees are on Medicaid.
Walmart’s claims simply don’t add up, and your state needs to know about it.
Why is Ohio subsidizing the #1 company in the Fortune 500? Let Ohio know that you won’t allow your tax dollars to be a stopgap for Walmart’s low wages and unaffordable health coverage.
Write a Letter to the Editor Today
With your help, we can make Walmart live up to its responsibilities to its workers and to Ohio.
The Team,
WakeUpWalMart.com
