$1,557,616,500.00

Evan Derkacz
April 20, 2005News & Politics

That's how much Wal-Mart costs you every year: "Wal-Mart’s low pay and meager employee benefits force hundreds of thousands of employees to resort to Medicaid, food stamps, and public housing. Call it the 'Wal-Mart Tax.' And it costs you $1.5 billion in federal tax dollars every year." A full-page ad in today's NY Times launches the WalmartWatch website. (WalmartWatch)

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