Spread The Facts On Wal-Mart

Our Number One Corporation! Cheers Capitalism! In the first decade after Wal-Mart arrived in Iowa, the state lost 555 grocery stores, 298 hardware stores, 293 building supply stores, 161 variety stores, 158 women's apparel stores, 153 shoe stores, 116 drugstores, and 111 men's and boys' apparel stores. Every year Wal-Mart purchases $15 billion worth of products from China. (Source: Washington Post). Wal-Mart sales clerks made an average of $8.23 an hour—or $13,861 a year—in 2001. That's nearly $800 below the federal poverty line for a family of three. (Source: Business Week). Check link for more horrible facts.