FL Taxpayers Subsidize Fast Food

More than half of Florida’s 115,000 fast-food workers receive some form of public assistance because their incomes are so low and they have few benefits, according to a study by the University of California-Berkeley. The Palm Beach Post reports the assistance, including Medicaid and food stamps, costs Florida taxpayers $348 million a year. 

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