[Vision2020] Wal-Mart, what else?

[g. crabtree]

Carl, Where were these 3,100 Wal-Mart employees getting there health 
coverage before becoming gainfully employed at the big W? Do you imagine 
that they all held top flight BlueCross-Blue Shield health plans and gave 
them up for an opportunity to have a career at wal-mart?

gc
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:16 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Wal-Mart, what else?


>I forwarded an article from the Seattle Times yesterday that detailed how 2 
>reports concluded that over 3,100 Wal-Mart workers in Washington state were 
>receiving state-subsidized health coverage throughout 2004, nearly double 
>the total for any other company.  As many as 20 percent of Wal-Mart's 
>employees were getting taxpayer-funded health care for themselves or their 
>dependents, according to the article.  I thought this would engender some 
>discussion.  I'm not qualified to comment, since your average cactus plant 
>is better versed in economics than me.  But I did find it interesting.  Oh. 
>by the way, Dan, Lara Croft would kick Chuck Norris's butt six ways from 
>Sunday.  And then she'd run off with Brad Pitt.  Not that I'm bitter, or 
>anything. 
>Carl Westberg Jr.
>
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