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Walmart not so cheap

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:01:06 MDT

Walmart not so cheap

Updated Jun 15, 2013 01:01AM MDT

A recent study by Democrats with the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce showed that because of low wages, Walmart employees in Wisconsin are on food stamps, Medicaid and housing subsidies, costing taxpayers between $904,542 and $1.74 million per Walmart store. Why do we, the public, shop at the so-called lowest-price store when we are making up the difference in tax-funded welfare? The lowest price is not always the best deal. Think about this the next time you are going to Walm...

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Reality intrudes at by-the-script Walmart meeting

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:35:22 MDT

Reality intrudes at by-the-script Walmart meeting

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Updated Jun 7, 2013 10:35PM MDT

Fayetteville, Ark. • There were two Walmarts on display at the company’s shareholder meeting Friday, the one Walmart presented, and the one some investors and activists were complaining about. Walmart, in what appeared to be an attempt to counter employee and union complaints about thin staffing and low wages, centered the meeting on extolling the value of its employees. That message was interspersed with the usual parade of celebrity and spectacle — Hugh Jackman, Tom Cruise, Kelly Clarkson, Je...