This boneheaded move by Maryland isn't just anti-Wal-Mart. It's fundamentally anti-business:
The measure approved Thursday requires companies with more than 10,000 Maryland employees to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on employee health care or pay the difference into the state-supported Medicaid program. Of the state's large employers, only Wal-Mart spends less than 8 percent on health care.
But a state that's willing to be that intrusive into company-employee relations is willing to do a lot more, and it won't be just Wal-Mart that will start looking to locate anywhere but Maryland. Labor considers this a big victory, which should tell you something about why that movement is in such dire straits.
