Jim Alfredson

Here's some food for thought for today: The net worth of the six Walton heirs is $144 billion (that's billion with a "b"). The average pay for a Walmart employee is $8.81 per hour, or $15,500 per year. This is so low that it qualifies the majority of Walmart employees for SNAP (federal food assistance). And many use the program, to the tune of $6.2 billion in benefits every year, including SNAP, Medicaid, and subsidized housing. And get this... $13 billion of the $76 billion yearly SNAP benef...