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Did some checking: Average wage at Walmart is $10/hour. They're one of the few retailers that offers health benefits to part-time employees. Premiums start at under $40 a month (individual)and less than $155/mo. for family. And no lifetime maximum after the first year!! Other benefits are excellent as well. One day their replacement as the no. 1 retailer will endure the same ugly comments. I grew up in a small town where my dad was able to afford the mom and pop prices of the 3 drug stores in town. In retrospect I shutter at what many townspeople couldn't afford. I've thought about smaller merchants hurt by the large discounters, and that's sad too. But today we're in a new culture and overall, I'm happy that more people have lower prices. Not everyone is caught up in obscene consumerism. Many are good people trying to get by and store like Home Depot and Walmart enable that. Let's know the facts before we keep this up.