More fact-esque fun

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Malkin:

[The "War on Wal-mart" is] on in Maryland, and the socialists are winning...the state's Dems overrode Gov. Bob Ehrlich's veto of a bill that that would require large employers to set aside a set percentage of payroll costs for health care. The bill currently applies to only one large employer in the state: Wal-Mart.

Wow! That's amazing. Maryland democrats were able to pass a law targeting only one company? Wal-Mart is the only company that has to set aside money for health care?

Man, that is discrimination. Unless...could it be?

The bill requires companies with 10,000 or more employees set aside at least 8% of their payroll costs to provide worker health insurance. Wal-Mart is the only company of that size in the state that does not already meet the minimum requirement.

I'm surprised on SO MANY LEVELS. That's the article that Malkin linked to for proof, by the way.

Wal-Mart claimed that more than three-fourths of its employees have health insurance, and that all Wal-Mart Maryland employees can become eligible for health coverage for $23 a month.

Really? Is that similar to this story at all?

A legislative report compiled by the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research shows that more than 1,000 Wal-Mart workers depend on tax-payer financed healthcare for themselves or for their children.

Oh, but there's nothing socialist about that.