Page A8, column 4, 1st paragraph:

"We were looking to reduce our corporate income taxes," the spokesman said. "That's really why we did it. ... It was a tax strategy that didn't work out as expected."

There you have it. Wal-Mart didn't give a damn about your past job experiences, your skillset, your knowledge, your potential or capabilities. They did it to get an immediate tax write-off, they did it so that policies would grow income for the company, and so that the company would benefit from your existence and, eventually, your death. You were nothing more than a blip in some accounting spreadsheet for the improvement of the bottom line.

Any wonder why intelligent people trust American corporations less and less...?