Sheer Nonsense

From today's Washington Post:

[Maryland] Lawmakers said they did not set out to single out Wal-Mart when they drafted a bill requiring organizations with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on health benefits -- or put the money directly into the state's health program for the poor.

8%? Does anyone else wonder how the wise and benevolent Maryland state legislators arrived at that number? And by what state constitutional authority? But hey, at least they're giving Wal Mart a choice.