Wal-Mart says it will pull out of D.C. plans should city mandate ?living wage? - The Washington Post

section9:

If that?s the key to keeping Wal-Mart out of a city, lets get it on in NYC.

Again, I have a lot of feelings on things.

There?s no question $8.25 is a tough way to live in DC, especially with transit costs high relative to how far away you have to travel from. And Wal-mart is doing nothing more than a political game, given three of the six stores are already under construction. But $8.25 *is* the minimum wage. If DC doesn?t think that?s fair, why only force Walmart and other big businesses to raise their wages? Yes, Walmart can afford it, I think they should pay such wages. But DC is also saying that they don?t believe their minimum wage is a living wage.

I?m not thrilled about Walmart in general, but any jurisdiction who only takes it upon themselves to enforce such a wage when they want to punish somebody, whoever it may be, does not have a lot of moral high ground to stand on.

(via laughterkey)

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