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U.S. LAW MAKERS: WE NEED MORE THAN WORDS

The Low Wage Drag on our economy, a study provided by the U.S. House of Committee on Education, states that Wal-‐Mart cost Taxpayers $6.2 Billion per year to help pay their employees. Airlines now follow the same business plan, so your tax dollars will help pay replacement workers.

Boasting $17.5 trillion in purchasing power, the United States continues to reign as the number one richest economy in the world.

U.S. Law makers fight over health care just puts millions of working Americans at risk. We pay more, get less, and millions of people don’t get covered. The dual billing agreements between companies, insurance companies and hospitals put even more cost on the average citizen.

Airlines now follow the same business plan, moving good paying jobs to low paying, with no benefits, relying on Government assistance to sustain employees. U.S. Labor Law lags all developed Nations and most

developing Nations. Workers rely on the generosity of their employer to treat them well or not.

United Airlines recently contracted out their employees in 18 cities. United is now contracting out another 22 cities affected by outsourcing, while posting billions in profits. In the past, these same employees sacrificed pay, benefits, stock and lost half their pension while United was in Bankruptcy.

Left unchecked, employers are proving if not required by U.S. Labor Law, sick time, maternity leave, vacation are NOT provided. It’s time to catch up with the World and start providing laws that help families, taxpayers and voters.

Only 10% of Federal Tax Revenue comes from Corporations. U.S. Law makers are spending taxes from American Workers to add profits to corporations.

Multiple studies show Airlines pushing to vendor our Airport work and the drain on the local economy that occurs. The Airline industry has eroded workers wages, benefits.

Minimum and Living Wages have to start accounting for inflation.

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SPENDING CITIZENS TAXES FOR CORPORATE PROFIT

The report finds that a single 300-‐employee Wal-‐Mart Supercenter in Wisconsin may cost taxpayers anywhere from:

$904,542 to nearly $1.75 million per year, How much is an Airport with vendors going to cost your community?

Nationwide cost to taxpayers of Wal-‐Mart workers relying on public assistance programs due to low wages and benefits:

$6.2 Billion

Federal Tax Revenue has become more reliant on income and payroll taxes. Corporate Income Tax only makes up 10% of Federal Tax Revenue in 2013. The effective tax rate for Profitable Corporations is 12.6% while their employees are paying more than twice that much.

The money the Government is spending is primarily from the working people of the United States of America.

This business model has been so successful and supported by U.S. Law makers, that this business model has transferred to other industries.

Now it’s reaching the Airline Industry. At what point do U.S. Law makers require successful corporations in the richest economy in the world to pay their own worker, instead of the Government paying for

their workers?

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AIRLINE INDUSTRY – WHAT’S A MONOPOLY?

Each of the Airline Mergers were approved. Resulting in less competition in all markets.

Lobbyist for U.S. airlines, “Airlines for America”, likes to quote “good paying jobs” airlines provide while all airlines are actively moving these “good paying jobs” to vendors for low paying, no benefit jobs.

Which airports will end up draining the Community or contribute to the Community?

Unobserved by the Department of Justice, SkyWest has become THE regional airline, flying the routes of United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, US Airways and Alaska Airlines. SkyWest sells seats on all the above Carriers Reservation Systems.

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U.S. LABOR LAW VS THE WORLD

Maternity Leave: Out of 193 Countries tracked by www.worldpolicyforum.org, 8 Countries do not have laws providing any Maternity Paid Leave:

Marshall Islands Micronesia

Nauru Palau

Papua New Guinea Suriname

Tonga United States of America

Paid Vacation: Out of 193 Countries tracked by www.worldpolicyforum.org, 7 Countries do not have laws providing any Paid Vacation:

Greenland India

Pakistan Nepal

Sri Lanka Sierra Leone

United States of America

Paid Sick Leave: Out of 193 Countries tracked by www.worldpolicyforum.org, 15 Countries do not have laws providing any Paid Sick Leave:

Sierra Leone Liberia

Guinea-‐Bissan North Korea

South Korea Angola

Mozambique Chad

Somalia India

Sri Lanka Georgia

Syria Macedonia

United States of America

Union Contracts provide these benefits but that only accounts for 6.2% of the private sector.

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HEALTH INDUSTRY

The United States of America pays more than any country for health care.

Lobbyist have successful restricted almost all attempts to reign in costs. “Free Market” in Health Care means families have to choose between bankruptcy and health care.

While paying more than double that most countries pay, the outcomes are not the best. The United States of America doesn’t even come in the top ten in health indicators.

What steps have U.S. Law Makers done to protect Americans and receive the care they have paid so much for?

While spending more than any other nation, there are still 41,000,000 people that don’t have health insurance.

Finally, Law Makers provided access to health insurance for people with preexisting conditions.

But Law Makers talk more about taking ACA and funding away from people.

When will U.S. Law Makers fight for the people who fund 90% of the Government? Source: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

http://kff.org/uninsured/fact-‐sheet/key-‐facts-‐about-‐the-‐uninsured-‐population/

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SOURCES:

Sources:

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3822

http://democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/sites/democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/files/documents/WalMartReport-‐May2013.pdf

http://www.nelp.org/page/-‐/rtmw/NELP-‐Soaring-‐Poverty-‐Philadelphia-‐International-‐Airport.pdf?nocdn=1

http://airlines.org/industry/ -‐ section-‐accordian?industry_section=economic

http://www.worldpolicyforum.org

http://pgpf.org/Chart-‐Archive/0011_health-‐outcomes

http://kff.org/uninsured/fact-‐sheet/key-‐facts-‐about-‐the-‐uninsured-‐population/

http://www.truecostofhealthcare.org/summary

HEALTH INDUSTRY

Source: The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) 2003-‐2011 annual financial reports provided by every hospital in California.

Between the 3 issues with the Health Industry: Cost, Quality and Access are all important, the most critical and least talked about and studied is Cost.

The Cost Strategy of Health Care, based on:

• If you have health insurance or not, • If Charity work is charged at a higher rate to qualify for “non-‐profit” status. • If your insurance company is 80/20, as in the chart above, the employee is charged the inflated “billed”

cost and the insurance company and employer is charged the actual amount. The end result, the worker pays more than 20% of the actual cost.

When will U.S. Law makers require insurance companies to be truthful in their policies? When will U.S. Law makers require hospitals to change their pricing strategies?

California requires Hospitals to disclose their financial reports. (OSHPD) This study of 8 years of data, reveals the pricing strategies that inflate our costs.

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