Wal-Mart emerges in the film as a master at making money for the Walton family, but not as a corporation that cares for its workers and customers.  Walton’s widow and four children are worth an estimated $102 billion.  Despite corporate and family claims of social responsibility, they apparently give less than 1% of their wealth to charity. Instead, they use the money to build palatial homes and even a fortified underground bunker to protect the family. Wal Mart, the perennial retail heavyweight champion, has actually posted a pretty good year, and that's the reason they're giving cash advances out to their employees, down to the lowly stock people and cashiers.  While larger firms invest a lot of money to make it look like they really do something, Wal Mart has actually done the work and posted profits.  They shouldn't have to pay a bonus tax .