Wal-Mart Relies On Taxpayers To Subsidize Low Wages

It isn't breaking news that many Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) employees are dissatisfied with their current wage levels, as it was only late last year that members of OUR Walmart, a union-backed worker group, chose Black Friday to walk off the job and campaign for their rights. Similarly, earlier in May, that same group announced its plans to meet in Bentonville, Arkansas, on the day of Wal-Mart's annual shareholder meeting, and campaign for a greater number of full-time jobs with predictable sche...