[radicalamericannationalist]

Wal-Mart instructs its employees on how to apply for those state benefits. The company knows that its wages are unsustainable and uses the public as a method of subsidizing those wages.

Another economic effect is Wal-Mart's forcing the migration of manufacturing jobs to China. This helps to increase our trade deficit. All in all, Wal-Mart's low costs come at a high price.

[eno_]

I believe you. So, what's the cure? Ban Wal Mart, or examine our welfare system?

Let's say it's hard to pay the rent in your town on a Wal Mart paycheck. It is Wal Mart's fault, or is it more likely that local regulations keep the housing market artificailly tight?

And waht about the luxuries of life? What do you say about making it possible for people earning $10 per hour to afford 27" LCD televisions? When government isn't in the equation, it all works out quite well.

[Max Combined]

"Wal-Mart instructs its employees on how to apply for those state benefits. The company knows that its wages are unsustainable and uses the public as a method of subsidizing those wages."

Is every company that pays wages at or lower than Walmart also paying unsustainable wages? Would the state be paying more in benefits if the person had no job whatsoever?

Do you favor raising the minimum wage up to a level such that no working person would be eligible for any benefits?