THE WASHINGTON POST'S Harold Meyerson rails against WalMart:

On average, Wal-Mart pays its workers $12.67 an hour — which means that a huge number of its 1.4 million U.S. employees make a good deal less than that.

And a huge number make more than that.

[T]he Bentonville behemoth compels thousands of its employees to use food stamps to feed their families and Medicaid to pay their doctor bills. It compels taxpayers to pick up a tab that wouldn’t even exist if the company paid its workers enough to get them out of poverty.

I shouldn't have to ask, but does Meyerson understand that the alternative to low wages is no wages? Welfare and unemployent payments are also on the taxpayer tab....

Since Meyerson is so adamant about paying a 'living wage' I'm sure he is willing to demand the D.C. City Council require all employers pay a minimum $12.50/hour, including D.C.'s own employees.