While I agree that Wal-Mart is a menace, a store cannot be "discontinued".

Their business practices are shameful. Their employees aren't paid enough for them to make ends meet. They classify employees as part-time by having them work just under 40 hours. That way they don't have to offer them things like group health insurance.

Wal-Mart discriminates against women by denying them managerial positions. They have cheated employees out of overtime pay and have been sued for millions (and lost) because of that. They have been known to hire illegal aliens and locking them in the store overnight.

Wal-Mart has been known to destroy local businesses because those businesses can't compete. They have also been guilty of polluting a water supply in North Carolina, I believe. They left palletes of chemical fertilizer in the parking lot, and when it rained, the packages broke and the chemicals flowed into a local river.

There's a lot more, and local communities have protested and, in some cases, have been successful in preventing Wal-Mart from opening stores in those communities.

Wal-Mart outsources as we already know. They pay low wages to the factory workers. In China Wal-Mart provides (a generous word) dormitories for the factory workers, but they charge them rent and utilities. If a worker chooses not to live in a dorm, the company still deducts the cost of rent from their salaries. They don't deduct for the utilities, How kind of them.

Did you know that the Waltons are billionaires, yet their employees contribute more to charity that the company does? Their employees contribute to see that fellow employees are taken care of in times of need. The Waltons give nothing, nada, zero, zilch! This is an interesting example. Lawsuit][Lawsuit]]][ Lawsuit]]

There is a very interesting documentary called Wal-Mart The High Cost of Low prices. I recommend it to everyone who believes Wal-Mart is the All American company. Wal-Mart movie Check it out.

 We should so shut down Wal-mart. They build huge pointless buildings and destroy strip centers when they decide to move every so often... You say they employ tons of ppl...who? Where are they... Did none of them learn to use a register.... Cause no matter where i go in the country... There is never EVER enough lanes open...I hate wal mart... But i still shop there cause id rather wait then spend the extra gas to go across town.... Darned if you do, darned if you don't...

 Save money my butt Wal-Mart treat people like dodo. Some people get paid just a penny a hour with no benefits at all. So while they suffer Mal-Mart gets the better of not only their workers but you to. Agree with that!

 I would like the current Wal-Marts shut down, and re-opened with less Chinese made garbage.