Washington D.C.'s Plan: Stop Walmart First, Help the Poor Second

Washington D.C.'s Plan: Stop Walmart First, Help the Poor Second: "The Washington, D.C., city council has just passed legislation making the nation's capital officially hostile to Walmart. The law targets any city store with a net worth of over $1 billion, with a nonunionized workforce and occupying a space of more than 75,000 square feet -- but since no other big-box retailers operate in D.C. today, it's a safe bet that the city council had Walmart in mind. Such stores must now pay wages of $12.50 an hour -- $4.25 above D.C.'s minimum wage, itself a dollar higher than the federal rate, says Scott Beyer in City Journal."

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