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Opinion/Guest column: Slap fee on companies not paying a living wage

The bad-business fee would impose a significant fine on companies that pay wages so low their workers are forced to depend on public assistance.

Working people – and the state and local governments that represent them – are being pushed to the brink by deep federal cuts to essential programs like Medicaid and SNAP.
Those cuts didn’t happen in a vacuum. They were deliberately paired with a tri… [3503 chars]

Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | Published: 2026-04-05T09:03:26Z

Credit: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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