[woodbeez]

$5.5 billion from $288 billion in revenue. So income taxes were less than 2% of their revenue.

Taxes are computed on income not revenue.

[Your Nightmare]

Taxes are computed on income not revenue.

So? Revenue is generated by sales (prices). If income taxes are only 2% of revenue, if you remove the income taxes - how much could prices go down for WalMart? No more than 2%.