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Hey everyone!! this is my special page for debate, or just general randomness, anyway, here is what i have for the parts for speaker 2 for the topic of:

Resolved: Walmart is good for America.
Ha, don't make me laugh! [|2] [|1]__ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2009/aug/31/walm31_20090830-215203-ar-32344/ __ http://hubpages.com/hub/Walmarts-pros--cons __ http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=972070 __ Other small towns: Ashten, Minnesota and Manchester, NJ Negative speech 2: As my partner has stated, Wal-Mart isn’t in the best interests of America. I’m here to tell you a few more points. First of all, many women are unfairly treated. Studies have shown that 2/3 of Wal-Mart’s employees are women, but, only 1/3 of those women are in management positions. Also, many women are paid less than the men that arfe in the same positions as they are. Walmart faces an estimated of 13 law suits a day for reasons like having 2,000 illegal immigrants working each year, workers on overnight shifts being locked inside, unpaid overtime in 28 states on the behalf of thousands of former and current employees, and of course, gender discrimination for around 1.6 million women. Also, many employees are underpaid and their company insurance is so expensive and unrealistic that the Wal-Mart employees from states from Washington to Georgia are among the largest groups needing public assistance. Not only that, but their health insurance is only available after six months of uninterrupted employment for people who work fulltime, and only after two years for people who work part time, and this insurance might not even cover spouses or children. Walmart does NOT cover contraceptives, childhood vacations, dental checkups, flu shots, or, for the first year of employment, pre-existing conditions. Walmart employees are paying 42% of their health costs with this insurance. With an average of an employee bringing home $18,000 dollars, if the worker’s hours aren’t cut, like they usually are, if they have a family of four, this figure is nearly $1,000 below the poverty line. Third of all, Walmart is destroying our environment. Usually, Wal-mart will build one store, and then, in the same vicinity they will build a super walmart and leave the other building abandoned and desolate. Currently there is nearly 27 million square feet of empty Wal-marts in America, that's enough to build about 30,000 much needed classrooms. With this overuse of supplies, whats happening to the environment, shouldn't there only be one Walmart in a city? Do they really need the extra space? Walmart is the largest retailer in the World, the largest corporation in the world, the largest grocer in the world, the owner of the worlds largest private trucking fleet, and the largest jewler in the world. Walmart is like a country, in fact, if it were an official country, its GDP would be larger than 80% of our world's existing countries, including Israel, Ireland, and Sweden. With 288 billion dollars of sales each year, we don't believe that walmart needs the extra corporate advancement that they are offering. WE believe that walmart is recieving too many benefits, like free or reduced-priced land. Many small towns are trying to stop this advancement by protesting. Towns like Heber, Utah are signing petitions so there small businesses can keep thriving. If they can help stop this advancement, why not us?

Positive Sppech for speaker 2: My partner made some very good points about why Walmart is good for our country. I'm here to tell you some more. First of all,