And actually another thing to add to Wal-Mart's defense. There is a woman I knew who was dying of cancer. She was an employee at a Sam's Club (for those who don't know, Sam's Club is owned by Wal-Mart). She had been sick and in the hospital for a long time and by this time she had been out of work for so long her insurance was about to run out. They let her come back into work and they made her a nice comfortable place to sit in the brake room where she didn't have to do anything. They gave her enough hours just so she could get passed the legally technicallity and keep her insurance. I hear of Wal-Mart/Sam's Club of doing things like this often for their employees. What obligates them to pay higher wages to their employees just because they are such a big company. Look at any other deparment or grocery store, I bet thet will be no better in price or benefits. A lot of grocery stores don't even higher people for 40 hours a week anymore because they don't want to have to give any benefits at all. Instead they higher twice as many people and only give them 20 - 30 hours a week.