Sacramento Bee columnist Daniel Weintraub shares his point of view re: the benefits Wal-Mart brings through lower prices.
So for the sake of 250,000 grocery store clerks and baggers, and their employers, the other 35 million people in this state are asked to agree to pay billions of dollars more than they ought to for the necessities of life, and to deprive themselves of choices that could make their lives better. You don’t have to be a Wal-Mart shopper to see that this is not a bargain that makes sense.
He follows up with some additional commentary on Wal-Mart’s medical plans for its employees.