To: New York State Wage Board

YOUR Tax Dollars are subsidizing McDonald’s. Stop them.

It’s an outrage that I’m forced to subsidize mega-profitable companies like McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Burger King because they refuse to pay their workers enough to survive. My tax dollars should be put to better use than lining the pockets of rich CEOs so they can underpay their employees.

I call on the New York wage board to support a $15 wage for fast food workers – and end this taxpayer ripoff.

Why is this important?

Even if you don’t eat Big Macs, you STILL pay for them. That’s because fast food giants like McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Burger King depend on taxpayers like you to subsidize the low wages they pay their workers -- to the tune of $7 billion a year - when their workers are forced to rely on programs like food stamps and Medicaid.

It’s SO not right - and it’s time for the fast food giants to get their hands out of our pockets. In New York state alone, taxpayers spend $700 million annually to subsidize low pay at food companies -- the most of any state in the nation.

We can fix it. This summer. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo just launched a wage board with the power to raise wages for the 180,000 fast-food workers in the state. And this action would trigger a wave of raises for low-wage workers across the country.

We need to make sure they don’t opt for a half measure and instead raise wages to where they need to be: $15 an hour.

Time is running out - we need every signature collected by the big hearing in New York City on June 15. Sign now.