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Old 03-27-2008 | 10:49 PM
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I saw this on CNN last night...

If you have not already heard, Walmart has decided to take $470,000 from Debbie Shank, a 52 year old mother of three (One of her sons recently died in Iraq), who was involved in a terrible car accident crippling her short term memory, leaving her in a wheelchair, and in a nursing home.

Because of the fine print of Walmarts health insurance plan, since Debbie was involved in a car accident and was awarded the money to take care of the tragic aftermath, they are entitled to take all the money that was supposed to go to taking care of Debbie.

THEY ACTUALLY WANT $470,000 from this handicapped woman in a wheelchair, who needs it to be taken care of in the future. This coming from a company that made $90 billion last quarter...

Here is the link to the full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/walm...

I'm asking for you to stop buying from Walmart, and to pass on this story and link to everyone you know. I will be shopping at My local H.E.B. from now on.
Old 03-27-2008 | 10:50 PM
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Wal-Mart is the Devil.
Old 03-27-2008 | 10:51 PM
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not gonna stop me from buying ____ from there
Old 03-27-2008 | 10:52 PM
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why buy! I steal all the time
Old 03-27-2008 | 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
Wal-Mart is the Devil.
Theyed have to be to have such low low prices
Old 03-27-2008 | 11:03 PM
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Or they have such low, low prices 'cause they feed off of the needy and desparate. I wonder how many other employees they have screwed over like this?
Old 03-27-2008 | 11:30 PM
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I saw this story yesterday too and think it's horrible. I wish I didnt have to shop at wal-mart but two things to keep in mind. Just like when people say not to buy gas on the same day to hurt the oil companies it's not going to work on a broad enough scale. Second thing is we are all pretty much in a recession, I save a lot of money by shopping there for my groceries for the week and that $100 a month I save makes a difference.

If I was in a situation where money didnt matter then I would certainly not shop there. I've seen the DVD on Wal-Mart and believe they are a monster of a company sucking the life out of people and small businesses. The fact that they give this poor lady a break is unbelievable.
Old 03-27-2008 | 11:35 PM
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WHEEEEEEE!!!!

See, once Walmart treats one of their employees like a human being, then they have to start treating all their employees like human beings and that is just not in keeping with their corporate values. By which I mean profit. And lip service to Christian compassion. And moral stands against naughty music and movies.
Old 03-27-2008 | 11:38 PM
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Who the F*** needed this story not to shop at that hell hole?
Old 03-27-2008 | 11:41 PM
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Shame shame Wal-mart.
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So what's the reason to take her money?
Old 03-28-2008 | 01:51 AM
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i'm going shopping there tomorrow for my oil change and tire rotation
Old 03-28-2008 | 01:55 AM
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Unfortunately, they have Walmart-exclusive Hotwheels that I MUST buy from them cause I'm not paying the eBayers over-inflated prices for them...sorry!
Other than that, Target gets my hard-earned $$$...
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Originally Posted by Metro273
Unfortunately, they have Walmart-exclusive Hotwheels that I MUST buy from them cause I'm not paying the eBayers over-inflated prices for them...sorry!
Other than that, Target gets my hard-earned $$$...
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Old 03-28-2008 | 02:05 AM
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never was a fan of the store anyways. Now I dislike even more
Old 03-28-2008 | 02:07 AM
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Just the tip of Walmart's pathetic, shameful, and disgusting massive iceberg of greed.
Old 03-28-2008 | 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
i'm going shopping there tomorrow for my oil change and tire rotation
While you're there, have them wax your vagina too!

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Old 03-28-2008 | 02:38 AM
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funny lol..there is allways someone who has to cry about walmart geez get over it...if you dont wanna shop there then dont,you think it got were it is because its a dumb company??are we all going to hate a company that makes tons of money?lat time i checked i seen just as many targets as i seen wallmarts..i dont shop at the walmart because its allways packed and its a mess..but if i save 100 bucks so be it ...
Old 03-28-2008 | 02:39 AM
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You should look into their wage caps... I used to work for them... I hated every second of it. There's so much stuff that goes on at a different level there... I know of other people who got screwed by them too... But, yeah. Terrible company.
Old 03-28-2008 | 02:47 AM
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i steal from walmart too! i don't have to cuz my bro works there and i get free stuff anyways.


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