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leftstreet

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4. Wow, is Walmart looking for cost-saving ideas?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 11:51 AM

Oct 2014

Oct 3, 2014

The Walmart Heirs Are Worth More Than Everyone in Your City Combined
Back in the '80s, their wealth was the equivalent of a small town. Now it's a major metropolis.

...
In 2013, the Walton family's net worth was $144.7 billion, equivalent to the net worth of 1,782,020 average American families,

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/walmart-walton-heirs-net-worth-cities

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Wal-Mart plans to eliminate health insurance coverage for some of its part-time U.S. employees [View all] kpete Oct 2014 OP

all that wealth in the walmart family and still they do this belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #1

I think it should only be for new hires yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #7

Just how many of those SheilaT Oct 2014 #2

Privatize profits, socialize costs CincyDem Oct 2014 #3

Well the problem is yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #8

Wow, is Walmart looking for cost-saving ideas? leftstreet Oct 2014 #4

hard to believe they ever gave benefits to part-timers. librechik Oct 2014 #5

In the long-term I think it is necessary to break the cycle..... NCTraveler Oct 2014 #6

I really, seriously wonder why they have any employees left. Initech Oct 2014 #9

Of course it does. Billions of dollars depend on it. Rex Oct 2014 #10