In Wisconsin a coalition of labor and progressive groups is calling on the state to charge Walmart for the health care costs taxpayers are paying for
Walmart employees. Darcy Haber of Wisconsin Citizen Action says Wisconsin taxpayers are paying millions of dollars a year because Walmart won't pay for adequate health insurance overage for its workers.

[Darcy Haber 1]: "It's close to two million dollars of taxpayer money here in Wisconsin, but it's also another three million dollars of our federal tax dollars. It's about five million dollars that taxpayers are paying every year to subsidize the health insurance of Walmart workers."

Haber doesn't see this stance as anti-business.

[Haber 2]: "We think this is a pro-business position because it's not fair for the good guys that are doing the right thing and being good corporate citizens offering health insurance to then have to turn around and compete with Walmart, who's passing along the cost of health insurance to the taxpayers."

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