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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]jsteele,

I would be bothered by strip clubs in my neighborhood.  I don't object to zoning laws and other universally-applied laws that are based on a broader principle.  And I'm not of the mindset that the free market cures all ills.  However, I also object, strenuously, to the government enacting laws aimed at a particular retailer or business, which it appears this law does.  Why is it limited to stores of a certain size?  Because they want to hit Walmart and Walmart alone.  I find that problematic.  If a living wage is the goal, is a value the DC community seeks to promote, than the bill should apply to all businesses, not just Walmart.[/quote]

I don't think it's problematic for DC or the Feds to target Walmart because Walmart costs taxpayers dearly because their employees have a very high usage of assistance programs.  "In 2004, a year in which Walmart reported $9.1 billion in profits, the retailer's California employees collected $86 million in public assistance, according to researchers at the University of California-Berkeley." [url]http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/retail/walmart.pdf[/url]

Here's Mother Jones' take on the benefits of raising Walmart's wages. [url]http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/11/why-raises-walmart-workers-are-good-everyone[/url]

If you want to see the bill enacted please send a message of support to the council through [url]http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4023/c/188/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5895[/url]

I'm in Ward 4 and signed it.  I heard back directly from Mary Cheh, Phil Mendelson, Jack Evans, and from a rep of Catania's.[/quote]

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