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ORIGINAL: thompsonx

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ORIGINAL: Lorgrom

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

Riveting documentary about Walmart
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3836296181471292925&q=genre%3Adocumentary&hl=en

Now be honest, did anything in this video really suprise you? All they are doing is basic business practices.

Would you rather Wal-mart pay thier employees just enough that the employee no longer qualifies for outside aid (which if Wal-mart really wanted to be a dick about it they would)? Imagin how much worse people and famlies would be.

Lorgrom:
Walmarts purpose is not to be a dick to their empolyes but rather to increase the bottom line.  Paying marginally more would not have the desired effect on the bottom line so they will not do it.
What they will do is feed at the public trough like the parasites that they are and mouth the rhetoric of free enterprise which is the last thing on their mind.  They are the largest retailer in the U.S. why do they need to be subsidized by the tax payers.  Let them operate as a free enterprise with no hand outs.  No forgiven property tax.  No special incentives to locate to this or that location.
thompson

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ORIGINAL: sambamanslilgirl

Englewood here in Chicago is also a predominantly a Black neighborhood and borders a Hispanic neighborhood called Back of the Yards (reference to the StockYards) and Hyde Park (yuppieville central and University of Chicago - where they're planning an Olympic stadium if Chicago gets picked). hey, if you don't want one in CA, send a Wal-Mart here to us!  we need the economic growth and development ...we need the big businesses to come to our neighborhood not going to the ritzy part of Chicago which would be out of the way for many of our seniors and disabled who are on a fixed income ...this community is not thriving because jobs aren't readily available for residents here - high unemployment is a major factor. i would like to see my neighborhood grow into something better like they're trying to do on the westside in the Austin community (another predominantly Black neighborhood that has the same problem like Englewood). i grow tired of not seeing businesses taking little or no interest in my neighborhood yet they will first consider other communities like Wrigleyville, Rogers Park, or South Loop for an example. i working with an organization to help businesses see that Englewood is a good place to invest.

good luck with your protest however we desperately need businesses like Wal-Mart, Target, etc to invest and rebuild in this community. i would like to see my community grow and prosper not downplayed for murder and high crime on the 10p news. i for one would like to shop and spend money within my own surroundings than put dollars back into the suburban coffers that wouldn't help/benefit my community. build a Wal-Mart here and the people will come. i should run for aldermanic office next time.

end of rant

have a nice day.

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ORIGINAL: ExSteelAgain

Y'll get off of knocking Walmart. My only social life is the Walmart greeter. I go in and out just to talk to her. Every now and then I play the glass thing for 50 cents and try to win a stuffed whatever you call it. If you want to see low end, go to K-mart. They don't even have a greeter.

I love those fucking stickers, that is how I look when I leave with all my bags.

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ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave
With regard to Wal-Mart bashing surely the way the firm is operated is free enterprise in the raw.
Isn't that the American way ?
Until it starts to "work" of course !

seeksfemslav:e
How can you clasify a company that demands and gets government subsidies to be in business as free enterprise.  I thought by definition that was just the opposite.  If they and you are for free enterprise then why do they do all the armtwisting to get a govenment handout...looks like welfare for the rich to me.
thompson

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ORIGINAL: SusanofO

Ex-Steel & Mz Mia: I like it that I can actually be a "member" at Sam's Club, too! It makes me feel like I'm "somebody" - not just anyone can become one, ya know...  The stringency of the requirements to become a part of this Elite, are well-known.

The commercially-oriented, brother-and-sisterhood of it all makes me feel so like a whole person. It's truly what's been "missing" all of these years, from my life.

- Susan

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ORIGINAL: lockedaway

You do all of the arm twisting BECAUSE YOU CAN!!!  If you don't like that Wal-Mart can get subsidies are reduced property taxes, etc., write to your Congressman.  Don't blame Wal-Mart for taking advantage of laws that are in their favor.  Jesus...that's rediculous.  Would you take advantage of free health care if you could get it?  Ok...I'm opposed to Wal-Mart getting subsidies.  I'm also opposed to people who are perfectly healthy, mind you, receiving Section 8 housing when most of us have to pay fair market rent, etc.  But as long as Section 8 is available, you can't blame people for taking advantage of it...even though it is certainly at your expense.

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ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave
With regard to Wal-Mart bashing surely the way the firm is operated is free enterprise in the raw.
Isn't that the American way ?
Until it starts to "work" of course !

seeksfemslav:e
How can you clasify a company that demands and gets government subsidies to be in business as free enterprise.  I thought by definition that was just the opposite.  If they and you are for free enterprise then why do they do all the armtwisting to get a govenment handout...looks like welfare for the rich to me.
thompson

MrT the very next post to the one quoted above answers that point in a way that I had already done. ie legislators decide that overall, subsidies of the kind apparently given to Wal Mart generate positive economic results.

I am well aware that even in the jolly old USA free enterprise in its true state may be treated with caution. lol
Farming is a good example, tho' were not attempts made to break up IBM under anti trust legislation.
Often for big subsidies US corporations come to Europe. Chrysler for example

MrT I think you pick on me because you know I am not feeling well. Every morning I find more hair on my pillow. Since I sleep alone it must be mine.
Sad what ?.
he he he he he he he

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ORIGINAL: justheather

IMO Walmart is bad for the planet because it feeds our country's addiction to consumption. Maybe there are people who cant afford to shop anywhere else (try the salvation army, goodwill, etc, you'd be amazed at the quality stuff you can get there for almost nothing...), but it seems to me that most people shop there (Walmart) because they can buy more with the money they have, not because they can get things they need for less money.

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ORIGINAL: LadyIce

Thanks for the thread, I am on my way out the door to Wal-mart.

I wish I had stock in that company, I could retire early.

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Employees struggled with Driver before he was handcuffed, Martin said.

"There was a struggle, and when they finally succeeded after getting him detained in handcuffs, he continued to struggle," Martin said.

After Driver was handcuffed, Portz said one employee had his knee on the man's neck and others were putting pressure on his back.

"Finally the guy stopped moving" and the employees got off him, Portz said. "They wouldn't call an ambulance."

"I looked at him and said, 'Hey, he's not breathing,' but one guy told me (Driver) was just on drugs. I told them his fingernails were all gray, and finally they called an ambulance."

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ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave

Well I'm definately against that....people making their own choices I mean.!!

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ORIGINAL: sambamanslilgirl

another point i would like to make.

while everyone is picking on Wal-Mart because it's an easy bullseye target, i don't see anyone taking up arms against the dollar stores (yes, they have merchandise made in China, etc too) or any other big name store in your area.