"Although we've been fortunate never to have suffered a catastrophic attack on an American seaport, we know for a fact--Wal-Mart and RILA and our national leaders know darn well--that it can happen. ABC News smuggled into this country 15-pound canisters of depleted uranium in 2002 and again in 2003. A March 2006 Government Accountability Office investigation smuggled enough radioactive material across our borders with Mexico and Canada to make two dirty bombs.
But Wal-Mart's massive profits and retail dominance are built on the speed and efficiency of the movement of products through its supply chain. Wal-Mart and RILA fight like hell to keep anything--like reasonable inspections--from slowing that chain down or diverting any portion of the lucre into security measures. And that's rich, considering Wal-Mart wrings more than $4.3 billion each year from federal, state and local governments to provide income and health care subsidies to its low-wage workers and has sucked up more than $1 billion in the past 20 years from state and local governments for the construction of its stores and distribution centers."
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