Wal-Mart makes up its own laws

A hallmark of fascism is that it melds government with Big Business. And a Wal-Mart in Cleveland, Tennessee, fits the bill snugly.

According to a letter to a Chattanooga newspaper, the Cleveland Wal-Mart won't sell over-the-counter sinus medicine unless the person who needs it is there at the store. In other words, they won't sell it to the parents of sick kids. Wal-Mart's excuse is that it's the law.

No it is not the law. Tennessee law says no such thing (despite Republican efforts to change it). Wal-Mart is carrying out its own self-serving War on Drugs that's as much of a failure as the government's drug war is. What's particularly aggravating is that Wal-Mart's policy encourages people to spread viruses at the store instead of having somebody else pick up their medicine for them. I wonder if this is a deliberate plot to actually sell more medicine.

There's few things worse than a major corporation (especially one with Wal-Mart's record) anointing itself as the arbiter of what's allowed and what isn't. A big corporation is as big as any country but can't be voted out of office.

(Source: http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_207942.asp)