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Appall-o-Meter

By Dave Mulcahey

Dead Peasants 8.1 Back in 1994, Wal-Mart launched a program promising its employees a $5,000 death benefit. The company was so determined its workers should take advantage of the program that it threatened any who turned it down with the forfeiture of their health insurance. What the company did not tell employees was that it had taken out life insurance policies… return to article

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