https://freerepublic.com/tag/walmartripoff/ en-us Tue, 3 Aug 2004 19:59:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1184280/posts Associated Press Study: Wal-Mart Policies Cost Taxpayers Monday August 2, 8:37 pm ET By Michael Liedtke, AP Business Writer Study: Calif. Taxpayers Pay $86M Annually to Subsidize Wal-Mart Workers' Public Assistance SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s compensation policies cost California taxpayers $86 million annually to provide health care and other public assistance to the retailer's underpaid workers, according to an analysis released Monday. Wal-Mart disputed the study by the University of California Berkeley's Institute for Industrial Relations, contending many of its key findings are badly flawed. The study estimated Wal-Mart employs roughly 44,000 California workers who make an... http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/040802/wal_mart_assistance_1.html https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1184280/posts#comment Tue, 3 Aug 2004 19:59:00 GMT