[Vision2020] Wal-Mart, what else?

[Pat Kraut]

Is there any report out there that uses the figures showing that Wal-Mart,
McDonalds and others hire people who are not necessarily well educated? If
they are taking some of those off the streets then there would be a trade
off. One of my questions would be were these employees on the dole before
they were hired or was it a result of working at Wal-mart? I knew several at
McDonalds were on the dole also but it is no longer so PC to complain about
Mickey D's the current attack is Wal-Mart. I'm not convinced that this is a
fair judgment of Wal-Mart.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:16 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Wal-Mart, what else?


I forwarded an article from the Seattle Times yesterday that detailed how 2
reports concluded that over 3,100 Wal-Mart workers in Washington state were
receiving state-subsidized health coverage throughout 2004, nearly double
the total for any other company.  As many as 20 percent of Wal-Mart's
employees were getting taxpayer-funded health care for themselves or their
dependents, according to the article.  I thought this would engender some
discussion.  I'm not qualified to comment, since your average cactus plant
is better versed in economics than me.  But I did find it interesting.  Oh.
by the way, Dan, Lara Croft would kick Chuck Norris's butt six ways from
Sunday.  And then she'd run off with Brad Pitt.  Not that I'm bitter, or
anything.


                                                     Carl Westberg Jr.


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