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Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:47:10 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:44:56 -0700, graham wrote:
>>
>>> About 10
>>> years ago I was shopping around for deals for baby formula and my
>>> locally owned supermarket was 30% cheaper than Walmart, and that was the
>>> regular price.
>>
>> Walmart here in the U.S. charges the maximum they can for baby formula
>> because WIC pays for it - a government welfare program that
>> reimburses grocery stores for the retail cost of the product. And all
>> those WIC recipients just love Walmart, so that's where they buy it
>> because the retail price doesn't matter to them.
>>
>> Walmart is very good at extracting as much money as they can from the
>> Government. Half of Walmart's workforce qualifies for food stamps and
>> other public assistance programs.
>
> Even though they have a job? You've gotta love unbridled capitalism!
>
Why are you feeding the woman-stalker?
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