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niyad

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3. I was just looking at their corporate fact sheet--it talks about over 10,000 stores around the

Reply to OswegoAtheist (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 07:59 PM

Jan 2013

world, but no actual figures of how many in US, although, based on earlier figures, I am guessing upwards of 7,000 or so.

so, yeah, between the tax breaks and who they are going to screw over--sooooo not impressed.

besides, haven't I been reading that their sales figures are slipping (oh, wait, that would account for the need for the tax breaks, yes??)

have not set foot in a wal-mart in over 17 years, don't ever plan to.

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X-post: Wal-Mart plans to hire 100,000 veterans over five years [View all] OswegoAtheist Jan 2013 OP

exactly how many wally worlds are there in the US? 100k over 5 years is 20k per year, about 1,600 niyad Jan 2013 #1

Look at the benefits for WM: OswegoAtheist Jan 2013 #2

I was just looking at their corporate fact sheet--it talks about over 10,000 stores around the niyad Jan 2013 #3

They could hire a million of them and I still wouldn't shop there. JeffHead Jan 2013 #4