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Default WalMart - a boon to many DC jobless.

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:47:32 -0500, Poco Loco
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Great story. But the Washington Post has to get in its digs at WalMart.

http://tinyurl.com/kdct3w7

"At $12.39 an hour, a full-time employee at Wal-Mart would earn around $22,500 a year. In the
District, an income of $23,000 puts a family of four below the poverty line."

Family of four? Well, yes - a single mom with three kids, two pre-schoolers and a newborn at 24
years old. One might think she'd be getting some child support from the daddies.


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" This was no small thing for Ford, 24, given what Christmas was like
for her last year. A pregnant Ford and her two preschool-aged sons "

And therein lies the problem: You just can't fix stupid.