Unless you were including them, don’t forget the public assistance required by
employees. I read once that every Wal-Mart costs American taxpayers roughly
$900,000 per year in public assistance. Even if it’s just half that, it’s too
much. Personally, I think we should bill them for the expense.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On May 1, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, WalMart profits from large subsidies from federal and state governments,
> not including local municipalities granting tax breaks for new construction.
> This is a growing trend in our near-fascist system, where giving corporations
> and wealthy businessmen means to further increase their wealth at the expense
> of a larger group is encouraged. But like many things in the USA, the
> pendulum will swing back to the other side eventually. Then another groups
> oxen are gored.
--
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