Friday, January 13, 2006
Today, they overrode Republican Governor Robert Erlich's veto of a measure that will force large companies like Wal-Mart to spend at least 8% of their payrolls on health benefits for their employees.
Imagine that, a legislative body that recognizes that companies shouldn't be able to reap enormous profits without treating it's employees with some degree of human decency.
It's just too bad that this legislative body is located about 35 miles too far to the east to have a national impact on Wal-Mart's atrocious treatment of it's employees.
Oh, and don't get your hopes up on that changing anytime soon, since Capitol Hill and the White House bathe themselves in Wal-Mart's money quite frequently...
P.S. You can now expect every Wal-Mart in Maryland to close within about a week...
UPDATE: Today's Baltimore Sun has a good article about the veto override. Contrary to the standard right wing talking points, Wal-Mart IS NOT the only company in Maryland with more than 10,000 employees...
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