Wal-Mart Sucks

Snug in the heart of City Planning acedemia there is no truth more certain than Wal-Mart is the root of all evil. Here are some good numbers via CCB and counterpunch. The long and the short of it is you cannot live on what Wal-Mart pays. I think the real telling stat is how much the Government has to fork over just to keep Wal-Mart employees and their families alive with food, housing and energy subsities. I think this produces a whole new catagory of corporate welfare. Most times corporate welfare takes the form of tax breaks or other direct subsities. What Wal-Mart is doing is using social safety net programs to pay their employees even less. Wal-Mart Sucks.