Wal-Mart Tax Fizzles in New York

Many people surely recall the union-backed, Democrat initiative passed into law in Maryland which placed a health insurance tax specifically on Wal-Mart. Legitimately, it was nothing more than a big government scheme designed to pressure Wal-Mart for the sake of labor unions.

Well, the same scheme is being floated elsewhere. Legislators in the state of New York recently tried to pass a bill, called the Fair Share for Health Care, to attach a $3 per hour per employee tax on Wal-Mart for not providing workers with health insurance. Unfortunately for the unions and big government advocates, the measure failed to go anywhere this past week in the Assembly or Senate and, according to Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, it won't be acted upon this year.

Good. Besides being a generally lousy idea, it's a political attack against Wal-Mart prompted by a special interest group.