Wal Mart Begging

NYTimes (you need a free account to view) With Wal-Mart Stores under mounting pressure to spend more on employee health insurance, the company's chief executive on Sunday urged the nation's governors not to pass legislation that would burden the giant retailer, and pledged to work with the governors to move workers off state Medicaid rolls. The executive, H. Lee Scott Jr., said that state bills aimed at improving Wal-Mart's benefits "may score short-term political points, but they won't solve America's health care challenges." Mr. Scott said that Wal-Mart's health plans were "not perfect" but that the company was committed to improving the health care system by expanding its benefits and by opening low-cost medical clinics for workers and the public in its stores. Trying to broaden a debate over employer health care plans that has focused heavily on Wal-Mart, Mr. Scott said: "At the end of the day, this is not about me. It is not about Wal-Mart. And it is not about you. It is about all of us and what we can do to keep this country great." I found this yesterday and have been discussing on another blog. Discussing might not be the best word, I'm getting blasted along with Wal Mart, America and anyone else that doesn't agree the blog owner. Check it out here: The News Blog. Just to clearify things I found that blog while checking on the Wal Mart story, I've just visited it the last 2 days. The short version of my views is this- legistration to force WM to provide healthcare is bad. Medicaid is bad. Big government is bad. Socialized healthcare is bad. LBJ did a bad thing with his Great Society junk. Subsidizing anything with tax money is bad. Fairtax is good.