Walmart critics launch ad campaign

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I would love to see their rationalization on this one. While I by not means support Wal Mart, claims like this do an injustice to the fight. If they are using the government aid issue, they base their assumption that every single Wal Mart employee IS on government assistance and it is solely Wal Mart's fault.

We had a minor kerfluffle up here with WalMart. The argument was that WalMart restricted the number of employees eligible for benefits by mostly hiring part time employees. (And not because no one wanted to work full time.) This allowed WalMart to offer its customers lower prices than competitors, who provide benefits to a larger percentage of their employees. The hidden costs come from taxpayers, who support the state's Basic Health insurance program (not to mention Medicaid) for people who don't have employer-provided health insurance and can't afford private coverage.