Bernie Sanders wants Wal-Mart to stop being greedy and 'get off of welfare'

A Democrat hopeful Bernie Sanders tried to make the world’s largest publicly traded employer feel some shame today:

I say to Walmart: Get off of welfare. Start paying your employees a living wage!

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 14, 2016

Feel the Bern! As we’ve learned, Sanders believes the minimum wage is the “foundation of the middle class,” or something.

@SenSanders Walmart jobs are not designed to raise a family of 4

— MarieTweets (@mkues65) January 14, 2016

Agreed! Let's cut welfare programs and force Walmart to do that through the force of the market. https://t.co/ZFlrxszUWP

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 14, 2016

@SenSanders So basically you want Walmart to raise its prices so the poor people can't afford necessary goods.

— Hugh Brice (@hugh_brice) January 14, 2016

@SenSanders And if they do millions of poor people will no longer be able to afford to shop at Walmart. Economics 101.

— Rick Moore (@RickMoore) January 14, 2016

As Sanders has demonstrated, he’s not exactly concerned about making economic sense.

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