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  • Work & Life: Can taxes force more pay from Wal-Mart?

    02/17/2005 2:15:32 PM PST · by Rakkasan1 · 51 replies · 995+ views
    Minneapolis Star & Sickle ^ | 2-17-05 | H.J. Cummins
    Who proposes a new tax hoping to see not a penny in revenue? A Montana legislator who wants to change the way Wal-Mart pays its workers there. Sen. Ken Toole, D-Helena, is sponsoring a bill that all but names Wal-Mart as the object of the tax: A big retailer that doesn't pay an entry-level salary of at least $22,000 a year and that hires more than half part-timers will be charged a progressive tax of 1 to 2 percent on its gross receipts over $20 million a year. It's just the latest proposal by local governments to try to collect...