Maryland Senate votes to make WalMart PAY!!!

[nickshepDEM]

"Fair Share Health Care Act"

Bill requires large companies to spend at least 8% of payroll on health care:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-walmartbill0405,1,2818385.story?coll=bal-home-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

Republican Govenor Erhlich promised to veto the bill, but the support in the Senate might make the bill veto proof.

[Erika]

1. U.S. citizens may have finally had enough eom

[aintitfunny]

2. Imagine, holding a Corporation Accountable

What a great bill.

[Zuni]

3. Hooray for Maryland!!!!!!!!

Fuck Wal mart and their evil predatory tactics!

Three cheers for the MD legislature!

:woohoo:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:party: :toast: :party:

[madinmaryland]

4. About time someone stands up to the giant

corporations. It sounds like it should make it past an Erlich veto. Score one for the people against the corporations!!

:applause: :woohoo:

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[yanggers]

6. yeah really

especially seeing so many older folks who should be retired working in those stores.

[undergroundpanther]

7. YAY!!

Finally wallmart gets a well deserved come uppence.So typical that greedy Ceos of predatory corporations like wal mart have to be FORECED to take care of the people it exploits.Greedy pigs like walmart haliburrton ect. shouldn't be trusted or given power to make people dependant on them ever.