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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Asher Añiga

Taxpayers 'Subsidising Starvation Wages' as Amazon Spends $200bn on AI Whilst Food Stamps Triple

A newly released Government Accountability Office report shows that the number of Amazon workers enrolled in federal food and health assistance programmes has nearly tripled since 2020. (Credit: Daniel Oberhaus/Flickr CC BY 4.0)

The number of Amazon workers enrolled in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme has nearly tripled since 2020, according to a newly commissioned US government report, just as the retailer prepares to spend $200 billion on artificial intelligence infrastructure in 2026.

The report was released following an investigation requested to Government Accountability Office by Senator Bernie Sanders and the study analyses enrollment data across 11 states representing roughly a fifth of the United States population.

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