States like Maryland should be applauded, not sued, for trying to address the tragic fact that in state after state Wal-Mart forces taxpayers to subsidize its health-care costs.

economic divide in this country that we are fighting as a group to address.

Rather than address the serious issues of unaffordable health care, poverty wages, crime, and sprawl, Wal-Mart?s latest and greatest public relations stunt is to try to rebuild a fraction of the very communities and small business it has helped destroy.

Wal-Mart's future in 2006 will not look any brighter unless Lee Scott realizes that Wal-Mart must change into a more responsible employer.

Wal-Mart is facing a perfect storm of negativity. People are rallying around this movement. It's not just workers. It's rippling out and becoming a real debate about values.

If they don't, then they get sued... and we'll get it on the ballot.