. . UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY : INDUSTRIES: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY : POLITICS : POLITICS: PRESSURE GROUPS : LAW: LEGISLATION: Why Hasn't Wal-Mart Dropped ALEC, Too? . . Why Hasn't Wal-Mart Dropped ALEC, Too?Your Take: Time for nation's largest retailer to end ties to group behind "Stand your ground" law.
By: Bill Fletcher Jr. Posted: April 23, 2012 at 12:37 AM The Root . . =============================== Could this be part of the answer to the question? BUSINESS: CORPORATIONS: NAMED CORPORATIONS: WALMART : BUSINESS: ETHICS : CRIMES AND CRIMINALS: BRIBERY : LAW : COUNTRIES: MEXICO: Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After Top-Level Struggle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/38304 =============================== . .Right now the country's largest retailer and employer, Wal-Mart, and the Walton family, which largely controls the company, remain supporters of ALEC. Looking a little closer, we can see why. Encouraging gun possession and sales is good business for Wal-Mart and for the six Walton family members who inherited the company. Wal-Mart is the nation's largest seller of guns and ammunition, and we know that gun violence has disproportionately affected communities of color.
.Not only are Wal-Mart and the Walton Family Foundation members of ALEC, but the company also played an active role in helping advance the "Stand your ground" law. In 2005 Wal-Mart executive Janet Scott co-chaired ALEC's Criminal Justice Task Force (it later became the Public Safety and Elections Task Force in 2009) when the National Rifle Association successfully lobbied the task force to support the "Stand your ground" legislation.
.According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, "justifiable homicides" have tripled since the passage of the law. FBI data shows similar increases in other states that have adopted the law.
.And this is not the only way that Wal-Mart and the Walton clan are using their wealth to encourage a culture of divisiveness and hate in our country. In other efforts through ALEC, Wal-Mart has supported the so-called voter-ID laws, which disproportionately keep communities of color from being able to vote.
.As identified by the NAACP and countless of other organizations, voter-ID laws are clearly intended to keep voters of color from the polls. And despite the fact that there is no real evidence of voter fraud, ALEC -- with the contributions and help of companies like Wal-Mart -- has been able to pass these laws in seven states and have them introduced in 27 others just this year.
.The six Waltons are worth more than $100 billion -- a wealth greater than the bottom 30 percent of Americans combined -- and with that wealth comes power and influence. Since 1990 Wal-Mart's political action committee and the Walton family have given a total of more than $1 million to politicians with close ties to ALEC in state and federal races. Between 2006 and 2010, they gave more than $500,000 to the campaigns of ALEC alums currently serving in Congress.
.For many years Wal-Mart has courted African-American and Latino shoppers in its stores, and the company has often spoken proudly of the diversity of its workforce. But when both Wal-Mart and the Waltons ally themselves with an organization such as ALEC that pushes laws that hurt our communities, we have to the judge the company based on its actions, not on its words.
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