To your point, Dan Price recently posted some related stats and perspective:
> Minimum wage
> Costco: $16
> Walmart: $11
>
> Average pay
> Costco: $24
> Walmart: $15
>
> Employees on food stamps (subsidized by you)
> Costco: Virtually none
> Walmart: More than any other company
>
> Founder net worth
> Costco: not a billionaire
> Walmart: $220+ billion; up $30 billion in the pandemic
>
> Both companies have similar business models and charge the same low prices. One decided to treat its employees like humans and forgo enormous profits, and the other one took the opposite track.
>
> Business is about choices.