The Corporate Conspiracy of Silence on Affordability

The Corporate Conspiracy of Silence on Affordability

Some of America's biggest companies rely on public benefits to subsidize the wages they pay their employees.

The Corporate Miscreants Driving the Affordability Crisis

These 20 firms all have something in common: Their CEOs get paid millions, their workers are being pushed onto public assistance, and voters are fed up with them.

The Corporate Conspiracy of Silence on “Affordability”

“Affordability” is on the lips of every politician in America and on the minds of most Americans. Surveys consistently find it to be a top concern for voters (though the war in Iran could soon displace it). But one group is conspicuously silent: the companies that rely on the low-wage workers hit hardest by inflation. On the one hand, companies haven’t been shy about their own affordability burdens resulting from Trump’s misguided policies. Walm…