The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Wal-Mart, and other stores are cutting prices on food, in particular on turkey and other Thanksgiving dishes. For Wal-Mart, it's part of their new campaign called, without any irony, "Operation Main Street." Perhaps they missed it, but Wal-Mart has essentially destroyed Main Streets it has come in contact with for quite some time now.

But the name is less important that the campaign itself. In addition to discounting Thanksgiving dinner, they are giving all their employees a 10% discount on food. Of course, we applaud the spirit of treating your employees nicely. But the point here is that Wal-Mart has to give its employees a break on food because they are so vastly underpaid that they couldn't afford a hearty (to use Wal-Mart's words) Thanksgiving on their own.

Here's an idea for Wal-Mart: instead of discounting food for your employees, how about paying them a decent wage? Not only would it vastly improve your employee's lifestyle, but they wouldn't have to rely on government assistance for health care and food any longer. And they'd have a little extra cash to spend at your store. It's the right thing to do. In this economy where people are truly having trouble putting food on the table while you are raking in billions, isn't it your responsibility to make sure your employees are paid a decent wage?