Drew: You continually ignore the issues of Walmart breaking the law.
Here are just a few examples:
http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/18/news/fortune500/wal_mart_settlement/

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/sebok/20040809.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/12/23/MNG6DGCJ9L1.DTL

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1223-07.htm

These are all settled claims with the exception of the sex discrimination suit which is pending. It is also the largest class action suit labor suit every undertaken (1.5 million).

What you don't want to understand, or choose to ignore because it doesn't fit your libertarian beliefs, is that Walmart has a deliberate policy of violating labor laws. They figure they will either get away with it, or the fines will be less than the savings.

Before you continue to promote your theoretical arguments about labor and capital, do a little background reading. If you persist in your fanciful interpretations of corporate behavior you run the risk of not being taken seriously.

When a multi-billion dollar company negotiates with a small town with an annual budget of a few million the town usually doesn't have the ability to defend their position. Walmart can afford to spend more on lawyers to win concessions such as zoning changes than the entire budget of the town.

Policies not Politics
---- Daily Landscape