Always Low Wages? Wal-Mart's Other Choices - Bloomberg View

"...The question before us is not whether or not Wal-Mart should voluntarily increase its wages to capture these benefits. That is a business decision for the owners and management to make.

Rather, the present issue is whether or not we as taxpayers should be funding private companies paying below-poverty wages. My view is we should put the full costs of shopping at Wal-Mart back where they belong: On the customers and the company itself."
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-12-18/always-low-wages-wal-mart-s-other-choices