[net-gold] 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?

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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:08:04 -0400 (EDT)



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Why Hasn't Wal-Mart Dropped ALEC, Too?

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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

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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


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Right now the country's largest retailer and employer, Wal-Mart, and theWalton family, which largely controls the company, remain supporters ofALEC. Looking a little closer, we can see why. Encouraging gun possessionand sales is good business for Wal-Mart and for the six Walton familymembers who inherited the company. Wal-Mart is the nation's largest sellerof guns and ammunition, and we know that gun violence hasdisproportionately 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 "Standyour ground" law. In 2005 Wal-Mart executive Janet Scott co-chaired ALEC'sCriminal Justice Task Force (it later became the Public Safety andElections Task Force in 2009) when the National Rifle Associationsuccessfully lobbied the task force to support the "Stand your ground"legislation.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, "justifiablehomicides" have tripled since the passage of the law. FBI data showssimilar increases in other states that have adopted the law.

And this is not the only way that Wal-Mart and the Walton clan are usingtheir wealth to encourage a culture of divisiveness and hate in ourcountry. In other efforts through ALEC, Wal-Mart has supported theso-called voter-ID laws, which disproportionately keep communities ofcolor from being able to vote.

As identified by the NAACP and countless of other organizations, voter-IDlaws are clearly intended to keep voters of color from the polls. Anddespite the fact that there is no real evidence of voter fraud, ALEC --with the contributions and help of companies like Wal-Mart -- has beenable to pass these laws in seven states and have them introduced in 27others just this year.

The six Waltons are worth more than $100 billion -- a wealth greater thanthe bottom 30 percent of Americans combined -- and with that wealth comespower and influence. Since 1990 Wal-Mart's political action committee andthe Walton family have given a total of more than $1 million topoliticians with close ties to ALEC in state and federal races. Between2006 and 2010, they gave more than $500,000 to the campaigns of ALEC alumscurrently serving in Congress.

For many years Wal-Mart has courted African-American and Latino shoppersin its stores, and the company has often spoken proudly of the diversityof its workforce. But when both Wal-Mart and the Waltons ally themselveswith an organization such as ALEC that pushes laws that hurt ourcommunities, we have to the judge the company based on its actions, not onits words.



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The complete article may be read at the URL above.

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Walmart and the Koch Brothers in Google News Archive

http://www.google.com/search?gl=us&pz=1&cf=all&ned=
us&hl=en&tbm=nws&as_q=walmart%20and%20%22koch%
20brothers%22&as_occt=any&as_drrb=a&tbs=ar%3A1&authuser=0

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A shorter URL for the above link:

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http://tinyurl.com/c96r23v


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More on ALEC on Net-Gold

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=
1T4GGHP_enUS441US441&q=ALEC+AND+%22NET-GOLD%22+AND+
%22TEMPLE.EDU%22#q=%22ALEC%22+AND+%22NET-GOLD%22+AND+
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760b3eff8cbb04a5&biw=1920&bih=845

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http://tinyurl.com/82zh9r9

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More on the Koch Brothers from Google News Archive

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11%2F3%2F11&as_drrb=a&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&as_author=
&as_occt=any&tbs=ar%3A1

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http://tinyurl.com/6ah64z2

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More on the Koch Brothers from Net-Gold

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%22net-gold%22+and+%22temple.edu%22+and+%22koch+brothers%22&hl=
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