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Tuesday, 01 April 2008 |
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Meet Debbie Shank - victim of Wal-Mart greed
'Debbie Shank was a Wal-Mart employee when she was left “brain damaged, disabled and penniless“ from a car accident seven years ago. But after the Shank family received a settlement from the trucking company at fault, Wal-Mart demanded reimbursement for every cent it had paid for Debbie's medical bills - plus interest and legal fees.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Debbie Shank's case, leaving her family no choice but to pay Wal-Mart $470,000. One week later, their son was killed in Iraq.
Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott earns more than $470,000 a week and Wal-Mart earns $470,000 every 38 seconds. Surely the largest company in the world, with $11 billion in profits and run by the nation’s wealthiest family, could spare the $470,000, do the right thing and give this poor family a break.'
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