Sprawl-Mart
From the New York Press:
After a decade of predations in Iowa, Wal-Mart led the closure or bankruptcy of 555 grocery stores, 298 hardware stores, 293 building supply stores, 161 variety stores, 158 women's apparel stores, 153 shoe stores, 116 drugstores and 111 men's and boys' apparel stores.
Wal-Mart sales clerks nationwide averaged $8.23 an hour in 2001. That's $13,861 a year-$800 below the federal poverty line for a family of three.
Wal-Mart employees in Georgia were six times more likely to rely on state-provided health care for their children than were employees of any other large company.
In California, Wal-Mart workers are so heavily dependent on public assistance programs that their employment at Wal-Mart costs state taxpayers $86 million annually.
An investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce found, "Wal-Mart's rock bottom wages and benefits cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year in basic housing, medical, childcare, and energy needs that the retailer fails to properly cover for its employees."
After a decade of predations in Iowa, Wal-Mart led the closure or bankruptcy of 555 grocery stores, 298 hardware stores, 293 building supply stores, 161 variety stores, 158 women's apparel stores, 153 shoe stores, 116 drugstores and 111 men's and boys' apparel stores.
Wal-Mart sales clerks nationwide averaged $8.23 an hour in 2001. That's $13,861 a year-$800 below the federal poverty line for a family of three.
Wal-Mart employees in Georgia were six times more likely to rely on state-provided health care for their children than were employees of any other large company.
In California, Wal-Mart workers are so heavily dependent on public assistance programs that their employment at Wal-Mart costs state taxpayers $86 million annually.
An investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce found, "Wal-Mart's rock bottom wages and benefits cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year in basic housing, medical, childcare, and energy needs that the retailer fails to properly cover for its employees."