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Wal-Mart and Offering Employees 'Strategic' Healthcare

The mandate without a public option will grow out of control. The public option, contrary to opinion on this forum, will be more efficient and cheaper than the private options.

Now, as for Wal Mart playing with the government -- you're forgetting that WM has a big lobbying budget, and they have been getting involved in politics since the mid 1990s. Believe me. I had to volunteer to help elect some anti-Wal-Mart candidates. Wal-Mart had a professional political operative to organize to defeat us (and he's still doing the work, outlasting community opposition). Wal-Mart outspent us 10 to 1, lost once, then won, later.

When you look at a WM store, remember - the HQ is willing to hire a political consultant and spend money to protect that store, and make sure City Hall is friendly to it.