Elsewhere, Sanders described America's "rigged economy" as one "where the wealthiest family in this country, the Walton family of Walmart, pays its workers wages that are so low that the middle class has to pay more in taxes to provide food stamps and Medicaid for Walmart employees." This is a strange argument for a self-declared socialist to make, assuming as it does that it is the sole responsibility of a low-wage employer — and not, say, society as a whole — to ensure a decent standard of living for all of its employees and their families.