Did Trump Cause Walmart’s Pay Raise?

Walmart presented its recent decision to offer better salaries to its employees as a product of President Trump’s tax cuts, but that is not actually the case, believes Pat Garofalo of US News. The rise in wages was a natural development that had been preceded by other raises, and likely came, at least in part, as a response to Target, a competitor, raising its own wage bill. Due to low unemployment, these companies need to raise wages to retain staff and offer a better service. Walmart is one of many companies that used raises as a means to gain favor from Trump, by attributing them to his tax reform, when he really had little to do with it.