If there was ever any illusion that the super-rich would start acting nicer after Congress gave them both income and estate tax breaks, I present Wal-Mart’s thanks for Congress’ willingness to make the Walton family even richer: (h/t Consumerist) Wal-Mart managers in the U.S. received instructions to mark up an average of 1,800 types of [...]

As it stands, the MaxTax might work out to a billion dollar reward to Wal-Mart for paying its workers such crappy wages.

Bad Max’s plan also amounts to a subsidy for Wal-Mart and similar employers, and an incentive for such employers to offer shitty plans their employees can’t use.