Dead Peasants
Already suffering from the
raids that netted more than 300 "illegal aliens" across 60 stores, Wal-Mart's images is
taking another (well-deserved) hit.
“I never dreamed they could profit from my husband’s death,” Jane Sims told the Houston Chronicle after Wal-Mart collected $64,000 on her spouse, who worked 11 years at a Texas distribution center until his 1998 fatal heart attack. Sims is part of a lawsuit charging that Wal-Mart took out some 350,000 similar policies, then wrote off premium costs as a tax-deductible business expense.
This perhaps explains why Wal-Mart seems to hire so many senior citizens and retirees. [A
longer article is in the INDYpendent. Or
Google's set of stories.]
[via Kelly]
Posted by johndan at October 31, 2003 12:17 PM
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