<div id="RTEContent"> <pre><tt>"I urge him (Tom Trail)to work with other legislators<br>to pass legislation similar to Maryland's which forces<br>Walmart to stop dumping health care costs for their<br>workers on taxpayers."-Bill London<br><br>If legislators hold Wal-Mart accountable for the<br>number of their employees on government assistance, <br>they will not hire as many single moms, senior citizens,<br>and the disabled anymore. A group that has a difficult <br>time finding part work already. Most people on Disability<br>or SSI intentionally work just enough hours not to lose<br>their benefits. <br><br>Take Care,<br><br>_DJA<span style="font-family: arial,mon;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></tt></pre> <br><br><b><i>Bill London <london@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Again, my thanks to Tom Trail for his communication with V2020....<br>An!
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for his interest in protecting Moscow from Wal-Mart (see below)<br>I urge him to work with other legislators to pass legislation similar to<br>Maryland's which forces Walmart to stop dumping health care costs for their<br>workers on taxpayers.<br>BL<br><br><br> 6. Wal-Mart -- With all the discussion taking place in Moscow about the<br>> possibility of a giant Wal-Mart getting started, it is advisable to keep<br>> your eyes on what might happen at the state level. I talked with Speaker<br>> Bruce Newcomb. Speaker Newcomb told me that Wal-Mart has "sucked dry" two<br>> communities in his district. Many small businesses have gone out of<br>> business, and property taxes produced by businesses have fallen off.<br>><br>> Speaker Newcomb is also concerned about companies like Wal-Mart that pay<br>> low wages and limited health benefits. Many states have discovered that<br>> Wal-Mart and other large companies encourage their workers to seek state!
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assistance for health benefits, welfare, food stamps, and other similar<br>> forms of assistance. This is shifting medical costs to the taxpayer. The<br>> Speaker has asked Health and Welfare to conduct a survey of all<br>> companies who employ over 10,000 people in the state to assess how<br>> prevalent this problem is. He is ready to introduce a Fair Health Care<br>> Insurance piece of legislation modeled after that of some 20 some other<br>> states. This would require big box companies to contribute at least 8<br>> percent of their pay roll to employee health care. The state of Maryland<br>> just passed this type of legislation (overriding a veto on the way).<br><br>_____________________________________________________<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br>
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