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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Large Retailer Accountability Act does not target Walmart or any particular business.  It defines a Large Retailer as one chalking up sales of $1 billion or more annually and having at least one store of 75,000 square feet or more. The bill will therefore apply to Target, Costco (which already pays nearly the defined living wage and benefits), Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowe's.  If another Large Retailer that meets the definition moves into the city, the legislation will apply to it as well. The living wage is defined as $11.75.  Already DC requires employers with contracts to do city work to pay a living wage.  Aside from enabling employees of these retailers, who presently subsist  one step from destitution, to get a foot up on the kind of lives you take for granted, this law will somewhat level the playing field for smaller, more specialized stores that customarily are wiped out by one-stop-shopping megastores.  These are the kinds of stores that make neighborhoods, and cities.  [/quote]

But why should the government be involved in protecting smaller, more specialized stores?  If they are wiped out by the one-stop-shopping megastore, then clearly the market isn't there to support them.  And why should the employees of smaller, more specialized stores not similarly be guaranteed a living wage?

Again, if a living wage is admirable, laws should apply to *ALL* businesses.

If the goal is to protect small businesses, than don't hide behind the guise of a living wage bill.[/quote]

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