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To: Bill who wrote (103158)	5/4/2005 7:45:33 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Okay, yes, you are correct. I thought fewer of Wal-Mart's employees were fulltime. Sorry. This does not make any difference in the fact that the argument was totally pointless and a waste of time for me. Only 48% of them can afford health coverage. Their wages are extremely low, and my tax dollars pay for poverty benefits for them. What were you trying to prove? That Wal-Mart is a good place to work? Or something else? wvgazette.com A full-time Wal-Mart employee is eligible for medical benefits through the company after a few months of work. For individual coverage, a person pays $15.25 each biweekly pay period, Fogleman said. For family coverage, the price goes up to $66.25 every two weeks. Full-time Wal-Mart employees work 34 hours a week and earn, on average, $9.98 an hour. That means a single worker’s pay every two weeks, before taxes, is $678.64. Workers at stores in metro areas earn 40 cents an hour more than the average, Fogleman said. So full-time Wal-Mart employees, on average, must pay about a 10th of their gross income if they want family coverage from the company.