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Hmmmmmmmm Walmart is a bully with unfair pricing practices? You mean guaranteeing the lowest price in town is unfair?
Walmart pays prevailing wage. That is unfair because it is too little?
Walmart hires to many employees so it doesn't have to pay medical (remember my grandson who unloads trucks gets medical).
We have little choice in shopping at Walmart. The closest thing comperable is 100+ miles away. That being beside the point I still would shop at Walmart. Just like I shop at the Dollar Store (which has some stuff even cheaper than Walmart). To me it is a matter of personal economics - I am on a fixed income.
It is like those people that wn't buy anything except American. Ever see the movie Arrmogedden? "Russian equipment, American equipment, it is all the same - the components are all made in Taiwan."
The first issue I have with this whole thread is the premise "The Democrats may be in trouble..." The Democrats could nominate Ted Bundy for President and beat anybody the Republicans try to elect president. Assuming, of course, that the Republican method of stealing the election which worked to put the Simian In Chief in charge is stopped. Look how far down the food chain in the Republican party they had to go to find a Senate or House member who was not muddied by the Abramhoff debacle?
I am not a Democrat myself, nor one of their apologists, but sheesh. The Republican's have worked long and hard to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, I imagine the rest of us should simply smile and watch them slink off.
Walmart does not sell anything American. They import everything from China or Indonesia. What is amusing about this is the Red / White / Blue jingoism of their ads.
Walmart does not pay the prevailing wage. They pay the minimum they can get away with. Their health benefits are something the employee who works there (it is either 6 months or 1 year) can qualify to pay (with the money they earn working there) to be under Walmart's health plan.
Starbucks, according to a friend who works there, pays really well and has great benefits.
Walmart teaches their employees how to apply for social assistance programs. In other words, Walmart employees make so little they qualify for food stamps, AFDC, Medicaid, etc. So Walmart by default is shifting the costs of caring for their employees on to the taxpayer at large. So all of you people who shop at Walmart thinking you are saving money and getting a good deal are delusional. Walmart is simply taking the money from your pocketbook another way.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Walmart has entire offices filled with union busters. When a Walmart in Quebec, CA, voted to unionize, Walmart closed the store. Of course, Walmart moving into an area generally underprices and drives the local business out of business, so now the people in Worst Bumphuque, IA., have nowhere to shop when their Walmart closes down.
Walmart wanted to buy one of the docks (American President Lines) in our harbor a couple of years ago, but the association of other docks refused to allow them to do so because of their anti-union stance and refusal (up front) to adhere to the company's existing contracts with our union.
The most ironic thing I read about Walmart last year was the government of mainland China who refused to allow Walmart stores in to their country. The reason? The Government of China does not like Walmart's business practices or their treatment of their employees.
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