Wal-Mart's Hypocrisy on Health Care

One follow-up to my last post on Wal-Mart. Colorado is being joined by Maryland in efforts to crackdown on Wal-Mart's abusive practices. The Washington Post reports "the Maryland General Assembly neared final passage of a bill aimed at Wal-Mart Stores that would require large employers to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on health benefits for employees." Wal-Mart claims "it already spends between 7 and 8 percent" which means it should have no problem with the bill. Yet, the company "warned it might stop building new stores in the state if the measure becomes law."

Why would Wal-Mart threaten to stop building stores because of a piece of legislation it says it already complies with? Could it be that Wal-Mart is lying about its compliance?