Why Wal-Mart is so cheap?

That's $640 million in consumer discounts!  Thanks for screwing 'em, Wal-Mart, my new flat screen TV is great!

Wal-Mart to settle 63 state lawsuits over unpaid wages
By Margaret Cronin Fisk
December 24, 2008  |  Bloomberg News

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