That is precisely why we can not afford to let multibillion-dollar companies drain the resources of these programs by paying poverty-level wages to millions of their workers . Jack Temple : Fast-food companies shift costs of their low pay onto taxpayers . Temple : McDonald 's tip line told worker , a mom , to apply for food stamps , Medicaid . Low wages at 10 largest fast-food firms cost taxpayers $ 3.8 billion each year , he says . Comment:
Jack Temple : Fast-food companies shift costs of their low pay onto taxpayers . Temple : McDonald 's tip line told worker , a mom , to apply for food stamps , Medicaid . Low wages at 10 largest fast-food firms cost taxpayers $ 3.8 billion each year , he says . Comment: