by minimum_wage
The fast food conglomerate Yum! Brands [owner of Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut] is the second-largest private employer in the United States, with nearly 900,000 workers, most of whom make near poverty-level wages. [...] When the second-largest private employer in the country underpays its workers, all taxpayers end up picking up the tab as those workers file for the EITC, get on Medicaid, apply for foodstamps, and use other forms of public assistance.
Also: Disclosures of Employers Whose Workers and Their Dependents are Using State Health Insurance Programs