The folks at Good Jobs First, who back in 2004 published a major study showing Wal-Mart received over $1 billion in government subsidies in the US, have done it again. Wal-Mart Subsidy Watch, their latest project, is an online searchable database of US local, state and federal subsidies to the world's largest retailer. Does a company that makes over $11 billion in profit a year need government subsidies to exist? "That a company with a predatory business model and a poverty-wage labor policy can even qualify for job subsidies suggests many public officials still don't get it," said Greg LeRoy, executive director of Good Jobs First. "When they sit down at the table with Wal-Mart, the prize at stake is not a new Wal- Mart; the prize is access to more market share."