Facts
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Here are a few facts about Wal-Mart:
One 200-employee Wal-Mart store may cost federal taxpayers $420,750 per year. This cost comes from the following, on average:
- $36,000 a year for free and reduced lunches for just 50 qualifying Wal-Mart families.
- $42,000 a year for low-income housing assistance.
- $125,000 a year for federal tax credits and deductions for low-income families.
- $100,000 a year for the additional expenses for programs for students.
- $108,000 a year for the additional federal health care costs of moving into state children’s health insurance programs (S-CHIP)
- $9,750 a year for the additional costs for low income energy assistance.
[The Hidden Price We All Pay For Wal-Mart, A Report By The Democratic Staff Of The Committee On Education And The Workforce, 2/16/04] http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/facts/
“When an employer pays low wages to its employees, the employees have less money to spend on goods and services in the community, which in turn reduces the income and spending of others in the community. In other words a reduction in wages has a multiplier impact in the surrounding area. For instance, in 1999, Southern California municipalities estimated that for every dollar decrease in wages in the southern California economy, $2.08 in spending was lost– the $1 decrease plus another $1.08 in indirect multiplier impacts.” ["The Impact of Big Box Grocers in Southern California" Dr. Marlon Boarnet and Dr. Randall Crane, 1999.] http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/facts/
“Over the course of [a few years after Wal-Mart entered a community], retailers’ sales of apparel dropped 28% on average, hardware sales fell by 20%, and sales of specialty stores fell by 17%. “[Kenneth Stone at Iowa State University, "Impact of the Wal-Mart Phenomenon on Rural Communities," 1997] http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/facts/
“In towns without Wal-Marts that are close to towns with Wal-Marts, sales in general merchandise declined immediately after Wal-Mart stores opened. After ten years, sales declined by a cumulative 34%.” [Kenneth Stone at Iowa State University, "Impact of the Wal-Mart Phenomenon on Rural Communities," 1997] http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/facts/
“Between 2003 and 2005, state and federal environmental agencies fined Wal-Mart $5 million.” http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/facts/
“In 2005, Wal-Mart reached a $1.15 million settlement with the State of Connecticut for allowing improperly stored pesticides and other pollutants to pollute streams. This was the largest such settlement in state history.” [Hartford Courant, 8/16/05] http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/facts/
“70% of the commodities sold in Wal-Mart are made in China.” [China Business Weekly, November 29, 2004] http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/facts/
“Just because Wal-Mart bought goods from suppliers based in the United States does not mean that they were actually manufactured in the United States. In fact, Ray Bracy, Wal-Mart’s vice president for federal and international public affairs, was asked, “Do you have any idea what percentage [of non-grocery, domestic sales] comes from overseas?” He responded, “What we don’t know is the numbers of products that come from distributors or from manufacturers that they [sic] decide where to manufacture.” Wal-Mart fails to track where their products are manufactured.” [Frontline, 11/16/2004] http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/facts/
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