The Hidden Cost

$0B Taxpayer Subsidy

We're paying for corporate poverty wages. Here's the math.

$152.8B

Annual taxpayer cost for working families (2009-2011, in 2013 dollars)

10.6 million

Wage-earning adults in SNAP households (GAO, 2024 data)

2009

Last federal minimum wage increase

The Hidden Transfer

Corporations pay poverty wages. Taxpayers pick up the tab.

What Workers Earn

$7.25/hr

$15,080/year full-time

Below federal poverty line

What Taxpayers Pay

$152.8B

per year in public assistance

SNAP, Medicaid, EITC, Housing

“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”
Henry Ford, 1914

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

There's a solution that works for everyone. Explore the policy proposal.

Part of a Bigger Picture

EMME Wealth Tax Analyzer Global Wealth Intelligence

The Hidden Cost

$0B Taxpayer Subsidy

We're paying for corporate poverty wages. Here's the math.

$152.8B

Annual taxpayer cost for working families (2009-2011, in 2013 dollars)

10.6 million

Wage-earning adults in SNAP households (GAO, 2024 data)

2009

Last federal minimum wage increase

The Hidden Transfer

Corporations pay poverty wages. Taxpayers pick up the tab.

What Workers Earn

$7.25/hr

$15,080/year full-time

Below federal poverty line

What Taxpayers Pay

$152.8B

per year in public assistance

SNAP, Medicaid, EITC, Housing

“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”
Henry Ford, 1914

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

There's a solution that works for everyone. Explore the policy proposal.

Part of a Bigger Picture

EMME Wealth Tax Analyzer Global Wealth Intelligence

$153B$0B Taxpayer Subsidy

The Hidden Transfer

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

$153B$0B Taxpayer Subsidy

The Hidden Transfer

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

$0B Taxpayer Subsidy

$0B Taxpayer Subsidy