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TexasBushwhacker

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47. The source is a 2004 study, the figure now is $2.66 Billion per year
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 10:57 PM
Nov 2012

I don't see food stamps or Medicaid mentioned in the study, plus the cost of uninsured emergency room visits or state and county health programs for low income people. If Walmart was struggling I could understand, maybe, but they aren't. They never have been.

K&R! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #1
K&R Tikki Nov 2012 #2
+1000 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #3
Boy Howdy.. ain't it the truth! . . . n/t annabanana Nov 2012 #4
+1 freshwest Nov 2012 #12
They should come with a warning label... littlemissmartypants Nov 2012 #5
the Waltons are living high on the hog Terra Alta Nov 2012 #24
It is sickening that we dotymed Nov 2012 #67
Greedy fucking pigs. tabasco Nov 2012 #6
not destroyed, just unionized, and made to treat their associates fairly. Terra Alta Nov 2012 #25
In other words, tabasco Nov 2012 #39
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Nov 2012 #7
I wish the graphic used a photo of a member of the Walton family Matariki Nov 2012 #8
You're right. Isn't my graphic but it's still effective. Whovian Nov 2012 #10
A picture of the Waltons with a title about real corporate welfare provided by taxpayers would be DhhD Nov 2012 #63
K&R 99Forever Nov 2012 #9
Forgot another cost BlueinOhio Nov 2012 #11
From the government? Got a link to show how they get this? freshwest Nov 2012 #13
You would have to read the tax code BlueinOhio Nov 2012 #69
In every community? Is this the case where you live, that you have that figure? freshwest Nov 2012 #71
SCCIALISM mtasselin Nov 2012 #34
scumbag pmdsyr32 Nov 2012 #14
Sure, there's still almost as many Republicons in Congress as before the election. xtraxritical Nov 2012 #15
Spreading these types of messages can only help... Dakota Flint Nov 2012 #20
This is what the union should be blastsing...over and over and over. Put it on picket signs. libdem4life Nov 2012 #16
But, but...they're job creators!? livingonearth Nov 2012 #17
kick Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #18
While the 4 Waltons are worth $110 billion. ErikJ Nov 2012 #19
k+r! TeamPooka Nov 2012 #21
I work for Wal-mart and know of several co-workers who are on some type of government assistance. Terra Alta Nov 2012 #22
K&R - fuck WalMart - buy local. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #23
kickity kick & recity reck n/t calikid Nov 2012 #26
This is a part of corporate welfare the GOP does not want to talk about. Thinkingabout Nov 2012 #27
They are the ultimate cons in our day and age. Whovian Nov 2012 #29
Absofuckinlutely! ReRe Nov 2012 #28
Yup the biggest welfare queens of them all- Walmart and big oil. Initech Nov 2012 #35
Walmart does absolutely NOTHING for its Employees. NOTHING benld74 Nov 2012 #30
FuckinA progressoid Nov 2012 #31
I love how DU puts the truth out there. luv_mykatz Nov 2012 #32
Here in Connecticut... George II Nov 2012 #33
"Associate" Iwillnevergiveup Nov 2012 #36
Great point! maddiemom Nov 2012 #50
Yeah I 've always hated that particular "customer service" term... Volaris Nov 2012 #57
Kick valerief Nov 2012 #37
I hate Wal-Mart too but $1.5 billion is far less than the US taxes it pays banned from Kos Nov 2012 #38
Don't get upset until it's a TOTAL liability? aquart Nov 2012 #68
fuck walmart mcgarry50 Nov 2012 #40
Conservatives don't understand the term "working poor" mountain grammy Nov 2012 #41
Now *that's* socialism. Brigid Nov 2012 #42
We call Walmart by another title IrishAle Nov 2012 #43
K&R Fumesucker Nov 2012 #44
K&R aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #45
And yet each one of those Walton heirs are worth a couple billion .... LynneSin Nov 2012 #46
A couple billion? Try $26 Billion EACH - Their combined wealth is more than the bottom 40% of the US TexasBushwhacker Nov 2012 #48
The source is a 2004 study, the figure now is $2.66 Billion per year TexasBushwhacker Nov 2012 #47
Thanks a lot, BullyMart! SoapBox Nov 2012 #49
K & R dchill Nov 2012 #51
wow Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #52
My Thanksgiving: A Turkey Sandwich at Walmart Milliesmom Nov 2012 #53
Greed kills amuse bouche Nov 2012 #54
More proof that Walmart's "low prices" cost us all, even those of us that beac Nov 2012 #55
Bastards rks306 Nov 2012 #56
Amazing biz plan: privatize profits, socialize expenses. Beartracks Nov 2012 #58
I'm happy to find this Victor_c3 Nov 2012 #59
And don't forget the elephant in the room: unhappycamper Nov 2012 #60
Learn from a master MichaelMcGuire Nov 2012 #61
beautiful. that's the way to look at these things. tomp Nov 2012 #62
Here is another one, opulently supported by millions of taxpayers Coyotl Nov 2012 #64
K&R UCmeNdc Nov 2012 #65
k and r--thanks for the info, and links--this needs to go on fb, and be spread as far as possible. niyad Nov 2012 #66
Why aren't the Republicans talking about this? Sucking on the government teat! yardwork Nov 2012 #70
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