According to WMSW, California ponied up about $50 in taxpayer-funded gifts to the Arkansas company, in exchange for which those towns got giant megabox shopping extravaganzae. And also, lots of uninsured people -- Wake-Up Wal-Mart estimates that taxpayers spent about $40 million paying for Wal-Mart employees' health care, since the richest company in the universe couldn't be arsed to do so itself. Enjoy those 13-cent discounts, Covina!