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<DIV>I just saw on the news (and I missed most of the details because I was
doing other things at the same time) that a state has passed legislation
requiring Walmart to carry health insurance for it's workers in that state.
Maybe we need to lobby the state to do something similar. Certainly the facts
about how many current Walmart employees in Moscow use the county indigent
health care system and how many qualify for food stamps are relevant information
because we all pay for those services. I suspect when all is said and done we'll
find that Walmart's low prices are a sham and that the additional cost of to the
public of supporting the store exceeds the benefits of the low prices. Since I
have not seen any actual analyses I could be wrong.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Georgia size=3 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="12">Don
Huskey<BR><BR>"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight
you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>