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libdem4life

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26. I've been out of the biz a couple of years, so it's interesting. Do you know how they do it?

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 05:44 PM

Jan 2013

Has to be some kind of a Futures program, betting on someone's employment? But if so, you can bet that every Taco Bell, McDonald's, hospital chain corporate offices,...and the farmworker's industry...does too. I'm really interested in how they pull it off.

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I smell a big Wal-mart Rat! [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 OP

Walmart gets a $9,600 tax credit for every veteran they hire. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #1

Work Opportunity Tax Credit ... available to every US company from the Labor Department. libdem4life Jan 2013 #5

In the story that I linked in th post, their is another reason we can add. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #7

I believe, after looking through quickly, the Congress increased the Vet categories to make up for libdem4life Jan 2013 #12

I don't like walmart and just want the transparency. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #13

I don't know how much more transparent one can get...it's public knowledge...it goes through the libdem4life Jan 2013 #14

I mean in terms of their self-promotion pro-vet articles. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #15

When I saw the article I was thinking the same thing davidpdx Jan 2013 #17

so 100,000 vets = 9.6 billion in tax credits (which can be resold, btw). what a deal. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #18

Maybe this band of brothers can form a brotherhood. dogman Jan 2013 #2

Veterans readjustment money from the gubmint, perhaps? n/t tabasco Jan 2013 #3

It's a stinkin' rat Newsjock Jan 2013 #4

No, it isn't. See Post #5 above. libdem4life Jan 2013 #6

Check post seven and the article in the OP too! Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #8

Such a rat even those who obsess over the word (for DIFFERENT reasons) smell it! alp227 Jan 2013 #16

WOTC...Money for companies to hire people from the "entitlement programs"...what's bad about that? libdem4life Jan 2013 #9

Because we all know that Wal-mart is not a good company. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #10

So, just curious, you'd rather they be on the public dole? Truth is they've been doing it for years libdem4life Jan 2013 #11

$9.6 billion in tax breaks says they're already on the public dole. i'd rather just have an honest HiPointDem Jan 2013 #19

You can't sell tax credits. You can earn them and save them for up to 20 years. libdem4life Jan 2013 #20

yes you can. e.g: HiPointDem Jan 2013 #22

I am speaking directly to the WOTC credits which are based on employing people and accrue over a libdem4life Jan 2013 #24

wrong. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #25

I've been out of the biz a couple of years, so it's interesting. Do you know how they do it? libdem4life Jan 2013 #26

Heard an interview with a Wal-mart exec on NPR the other night. AngryOldDem Jan 2013 #21

So does that mean wallyworld will treat them like their current employees? Javaman Jan 2013 #23

Some companies like hiring veterans because they follow orders and put up with just about anything Brickbat Jan 2013 #27

yeah. n/t Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #33

Eh, doesn't your knee get tired from all of the jerking it has to do... OneMoreDemocrat Jan 2013 #28

Wal=mart is going to use those retuning Vet and then leave them with nothing. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #32

Wal-Mart seems to be on a major PR rehab campaign... markpkessinger Jan 2013 #29

Ironically, W-M donates to our foodbank and to our outreach to homeless and needy vets pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #31

$9k divided by 52 weeks =$173.08 per week subsidized SoCalDem Jan 2013 #30