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Here's something else to think about: those Wal-Mart managers, mostly hired from within, aren't making $9.68 an hour. The manager of a Supercenter, supervising a staff of 400-600 employees, can earn $200,000 a year, including bonuses. I know one veteran Wal-Mart manager, 30 years with the company (and only a high school education). His annual bonus is well into the five figures. The libs bellow about Wal-Mart's CEO earning $30 million a year. Fact is, there are thousands of Wal-Mart managers earning six-figure salaries each year, and most of them began as hourly employees. In fact, MBAs are rare within the company, and one of Wal-Mart's best managers, the head of their Asia division, barely graduated from high school.

But even the hourly workers at Wal-Mart fare better than this article suggests. I also know an hourly Wal-Mart worker, who worked for the company for 25 years--she never rose above the rank of department manager. But she put part of her paycheck into Wal-Mart stock, and accumulated a nest egg of more than $250,000. And remember: they're called "entry level" jobs for a reason. People that want to move up in Wal-Mart--and prove themselves--can do just that. Funny, but I never hear similar stories about Costco.

Wal-Mart has bettered the lives of thousands of Americans, and continues to provide opportunties for people that want to work hard and advance. And this isn't "good" for the economy?