economic divide in this country that we are fighting as a group to address.

States like Maryland should be applauded, not sued, for trying to address the tragic fact that in state after state Wal-Mart forces taxpayers to subsidize its health-care costs.

Rather than address the serious issues of unaffordable health care, poverty wages, crime, and sprawl, Wal-Mart?s latest and greatest public relations stunt is to try to rebuild a fraction of the very communities and small business it has helped destroy.

Stuck in the midst of a public relations quagmire that no other company faces, Wal-Mart realizes that it must change its faltering public image to ensure its future success.

It should concern every American taxpayer. Their dirty little secret is they provide so-called low prices by shifting heath-care costs to the taxpayers.

You can?t just be the one who criticizes; you have to be the one who offers a new road.