Wal-Mart is always ready to exploit women, employ people at low wages, use slave labor in China and violate wage and hour laws. What it apparently isn’t ready to do is answer questions:

Wal-Mart execs are boycotting a City Council hearing on the chain’s plans to open its first store in New York City, the Daily News has learned.

Philip Serghini, Walmart senior manager for community affairs, said in a letter to Council members that the company will skip Wednesday’s hearing. He also criticized the Council for picking on Walmart – even though other big chains like Target, K-Mart and Costco already have stores in the city.

"The joint hearing …does not appear to consider the impact of the hundreds of N.Y.C. stores operated by these companies; rather it focuses solely on Walmart," Serghini wrote.

"Since we have not announced a store for New York City, I respectfully suggest the committee first conduct a thoughtful examination of the existing impact of large grocers and retailers on small businesses in New York City before embarking on a hypothetical exercise," Serghini wrote.

"For these reasons and more, we respectfully decline participation."

   Philip, baby: how do you have a title called "senior manager for community affairs" but you won’t show up to speak to the community? Ummm…