The problem isn't Wal-Mart; the problem is the program that exists to pay them the balance of their income. If no such program existed, people couldn't afford to work there at less than subsistence wage. Many times in my adult life I was making "poverty level" wages and lived just fine, never took a handout from the government (i.e. never picked the pockets of anyone here or elsewhere). So the idea that if one is making "pverty level wages" means they're living in the street and starving is bunk--that's just a number the government uses for their purposes.
The answer isn't denouncing Wal-Mart. We live in a capitalistic society--I know that's shocking to some folks, though it shouldn't be, seeing how capitalism is the greatest system there is for bringing people out of poverty and allowing them to construct their lives as they see fit. How many immigrants to this country have worked low-money jobs, perhaps multiple ones, SAVED their money, and gone on to their own businesses, large or small?
If you don't want to make Wal-Mart money, don't work at Wal-Mart--THE END.
"If you don't want to make Wal-Mart money, don't work there."
Have you ever read a balance sheet or a P and L?
I have not the words.