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I can fogive Wal-Mart for giving all their money to the GOP. The GOP is the party of the elite, the party of multi-national corporations like Wal-Mart. While prioritizing their own profit over of the needs of American families is unpatriotic, it's at least within the rights of global corporation operating within the United States.

What I don't understand is why American workers are subjected to constant and forced indoctrination as a condition of their employment. Wal-mart's political reeducation program is worthy of Stalin and Mao. It denies Wal-mart workers freedom of speech, in order to further deprive them of the right to association.

Wal-Mart has saved millions of dollars over the past few years by essentially paying rent to itself and then writing off the taxes. Fortunately for North Carolina, Attorney General Roy Cooper and Judge Clarence Horton, Jr. aren’t going to let that slide.

The judge dismissed Wal-Mart’s bid for a refund. Had the tax shelter not been deemed illegal, the corporate write-off would have effectively cost North Carolina taxpayers $33.5 million. The company is using the rent strategy in dozens of states - several have already moved to close the loophole after Wal-Mart’s actions were exposed in a February article from the Wall Street Journal. The judge’s decision on Friday could set a precedent for communities across the country. Wal-Mart Watch applauds Judge Clarence Horton, Jr. and Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper for fighting Wal-Mart and defending North Carolina taxpayers.

As some of you may know, Wal-Mart is trying to sneak its way out of paying $30 million in North Carolina taxes. Well, taxpayers won a small (but important) victory yesterday when a Wake County judge ruled that Wal-Mart had to make public thousands of pages of documents. That means internal memos and strategy papers will come out of the shadows. (More after the jump)

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