Big Brother Rolls Back Prices

Bare-Knuckle Enforcement for Wal-Mart’s Rules

Wal-Mart, one of the most hated corporations in America, continues to baffle us with its method of conducting business. It has assembled a team of former officials of the FBI, CIA, and Justice Department to head its investigative department. Searches and intensive investigations are conducted that delve into their personal lives and private business operations of employees; regardless of the position they hold. The team, which belongs exclusively to the largest private employer in the country, policies and enforces the Wal-Mart law over the nearly two million employees. Many former employees have filed charges against the retailer, claiming they were subjected to an unlawful termination of their contract.

During the late 1940’s and 1950’s, there was a great suspicion of Communists in the United States. Deemed “McCarthyism,” this period is named for U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, who accused many people inside the federal government of being sympathizers with communism and the Soviets. Americans developed a genuine fear of communists, which was reflected by the wide popular support of the country. J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI director of the time, led federal agents in conducting illegal searches in pursuit of information on Communists. The only two spies ever to be executed for their espionage were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, following the infamous Rosenberg trials.