[StPaul] The Price of Wall Mart and other low paying employers

[Michael Fratto]

Otis White's Urban Notebook has an article that relates the added cost of 
Wall Marts to the public.  In teh past we have discussed the cost to mom and 
pop stores when a Wall Mart enters a community.  Now, using a term "Negative 
Externalities"  researchers at the University of California at Berkeley�s 
Labor Center did a study to determine the cost to the community of employers 
like Wall Mart.

This includes the added cost to welfare roles for low waged employees, he 
added cost to schools etc.  You can read the article using the link below.  
It is the second article in this weeks column.

http://www.governing.com/notebook/today.htm
Mike Fratto
St. Paul, MN
651-296-3574
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