Wal-Mart health-care case set in Richmond
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Wal-Mart health-care case set in Richmond
From NBC12 News
A case that would require Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care will be heard in Richmond today.Maryland lawmakers voted earlier this year to require non-government employers with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least 8 percent of payroll on health care or pay the difference in taxes.A federal judge stuck down the measure, saying it was against federal law. Maryland officials are now appealing.
Pay the difference in taxes?!? What was the state of Maryland going to provide them with benefits from that money? Somehow I doubt it. Now it looks like Richmond is trying to be just as stupid. Why is the state getting involved in private contracts between individuals and corporations? The state doesn’t mandate that when I buy groceries that I spend X% on vegetables (though that may be coming soon). The good news is that the feds struck this down, I hadn’t heard that until now.