AlterNet: Wal-Mart Wages Don’t Support Wal-Mart Workers

From this article: “All we asked of our Wal-Mart wage was to get our cashier’s family to the end of the month in a central Kansas city of 50,000, assuming they were already settled in a rented apartment or mobile home and had a paid-for car, furniture and appliances. The Wal-Mart wage failed - even at Wal-Mart prices, even with the 10 percent employee discount, and even with employer-assisted health insurance.”