Missing the Point on Employer Subsidies

Missing the Point on Employer Subsidies
By Matt Bruenig

One of the things critics of low-wage employers sometimes say is that those employers are being subsidized by "the taxpayer" because their employees have to enroll in food stamps and Medicaid to make ends meet. This "employer subsidies" messaging is given a lot of play by certain organizations because internal polling shows the public is very moved by it.