Fast Food "Benefits"

According to RT:

Over half of US workers employed by fast food restaurants rely on public assistance because their meager paychecks do not cover basic needs. The aid costs American taxpayers billions of dollars each year, according to a new report.

The average American fast food worker earns $8.69 an hour and regularly works less than 40 hours a week, qualifying them for a variety of government benefits. Fifty-two percent of families that include a fast food worker receive food stamps, Medicaid, or are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Compare that sum with the 25 percent of families eligible for those assistance programs from the overall workforce.

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Most fast food workers (68 percent) are single or married adults not currently attending school and 26 percent are raising children - debunking the stereotype that teenagers fill most of said positions.

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Only 13 percent of workers receive health benefits from their employers, compared to 59 percent of workers elsewhere. An individual working at McDonalds or Burger King, for example, also works an average of ten hours less than his or her full-time counterpart working for a non-fast food company.

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Experts have said that the estimated annual figures are likely low because they do not account for school lunch programs, home heating assistance, subsidized housing, or any state programs.

This is all pretty much common knowledge.  But it is always good to see a reputable news source covering it further.  Not to mention while most of us realize these facts, sometimes it is easy to forget about them when the main stream media focuses on such menial bullshit day in and day out.