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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (7992)	2/22/2005 12:33:30 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361245

We were comparing Wal-Mart to small local stores, which feature no health insurance at all. America has been through this before, with the rise of the "Department" store. We got over it. I have absolutely no alliegance to Wal-Mart. If another operation comes out with lower prices - I'll be shopping there. I don't know my local merchants. I don't know the people at Wal-Mart. I just know who's got the lowest prices.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (7992)	2/22/2005 12:54:33 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 361245

I've not shopped with Wal-mart much since I heard about their use of "dead peasant" policies. A Dead Peasant policy (illegal in most states, but not Arkansas) allows someone not related to a person by to take out a life insurance policy and benefit from their death. The death benefit is tax free. Wal-mart uses this to defray the cost of older employees low productivity. What kind of pond-scum-sucking-jerk could go to work in the morning with a smile on their face after writing one of these on their co-workers? What kind of company could allow itself to benefit from such a scheme?