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I’ve always had a problem with those who object to “dead peasant” policies. Companies frequently buy “key employee” policies and no one seems to mind.

So what if the employer gets a payment on the death of an employee as long as the employee wasn’t being charged for the policy, and as long as they didn’t do anything to hasten the person’s death.

If I bet on a horse and it wins, do I have to share my winnings with the horse?

The only argument that I can see one could raise is that the cost of the policies could have been given to the employee as higher wages instead, so that Walmart is indirectly cheating the worker of some compensation.

Just because people get upset about things having to do with death doesn’t mean that they are correct. Currently several families of those who died in the World Trade Center collapse are suing the city to have the millions of tons of debris exhumed because there might be some human remains (which would have to be tiny since it was all scanned originally) still present.

This is irrational. Even the most religious must realize the the corporal remains are not what is important.

One cannot blame society for a person’s death because one feels grief.

....as long as they didn’t do anything to hasten the person’s death. ~ robertfeinman

I can resist anything but temptation. ~ Oscar Wilde

If I bet on a horse...

Poor analogy, robert. More like a cock or dog fight where you’re betting on death. The ‘just bidness’ argument aside, there are those who find this practice morally reprehensible and ghoulish.

You might want to brush up on the concept of insurable interest and the legal limitations on death wagering.

Why do you idiots still bring this up? It was a tax evasion attempt to save money and the money was supposed to go into the benefits budget.  It wasn’t that big of a deal and they stopped doing it a long time ago.  Apparently Walmart hasn’t been doing anything bad lately if this is the best that you guys can come up with.

It wasn’t that big of a deal and they stopped doing it a long time ago.

<u>Translation:</i> They (Wal-Mart) got busted!

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Ken V : Wonder if “dead Chinese peasant policies “have been taken out on WalMart associates over in Communist China?

Can anyone connect the dots linking healthclinic partnerships between WalMart and hospital systems,and having a WalMart executive on a life and health insurance company?

I wouldn’t get too comfortable, Eduardo. You may be returning south of the border to clean up a grow mess.

If we had universal healthcare, why would we need insurance?