Wal-Mart Gets More Than $1 Billion In Govt. Subsidies

How Wal-Mart benefited from more than $1 billion in government subsidies.

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June 14, 2004, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Washington-based Good Jobs First, the nation's leading critic of government subsidies to private businesses, has been able to document at least $1 billion that Wal-Mart has garnered, transaction by transaction, state by state, locality by locality, across the country...The idea of public tax breaks for this aggressive global corporation, literally rolling in massive profits, should be unthinkable."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Wal-Mart's Subsidy Bonanza: $1 Billion From Us Taxpayers

Sunday, June 6, 2004 in The Washington Post Writers Group

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