Posted on 07/02/2009 8:45:14 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
Wal-Mart buys protection by selling out its competitors.
Corporate America's cheerleading for more government involvement in health care now includes Wal-Mart, that liberal paragon of social irresponsibility. The discount giant's ex-critics probably ought to be more skeptical, given that this seems to be anticompetitive special pleading in progressive drag.
This week the nation's largest employer blessed an employer mandate, aka "pay or play." This would require businesses that do not offer "meaningful coverage" -- i.e., government-approved -- to pay some percentage of their payroll to a federal insurance plan. This mandate is one of the more controversial policies in the Democratic health package, and Wal-Mart's endorsement will help it along, or at least give liberals political cover against business criticism.
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“The discount giant’s ex-critics probably ought to be more skeptical, given that this seems to be anticompetitive special pleading in progressive drag”
EVERY business/union that jumps on board the progressive bandwagon is pretending. Do you think I.G. Farben cared about National Socialism? Heck no. They cared about money.
The only people who honestly believe in progressivism are those who don’t live in the real world, like academics, students, politicians, and (less so, since they have to compete a little) journalists and literati.
I smell a former Clinton Rat, OH WAIT, that’s because there is a RAT there, John Podesta, good old chief of staff!
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