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TexasBushwhacker

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8. Walmart's greediness is especially heinous

Reply to Bengus81 (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 02:54 PM

Sep 2017

Since the Walton heirs own 51% of the stock, whatever they say goes. The fact that their net worth is $145 BILLION while their employees are the biggest recipients of SNAP, housing assistance, Medicaid, etc. is beyond obscene. They can't blame their low wages on pressure from the shareholders be cause they ARE the shareholders.

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