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24 Apr 2011, 7:23 pm

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If walmart paid it's employees the living wage then the business would collapse and the CEO and the rest of the board of directors would be left begging for change in the streets?

there I fixed it. :wink:


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24 Apr 2011, 9:20 pm

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If all these service jobs raised their employees' wages... costs would go up and it wouldn't do any good anyway. Basic economics.

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If you actually read the article, you'd see that they covered that. It'd be 46 cents more per visit or roughtly $12 more per year.

If you actually read his comment, you'd see it applied to more than just Walmart.



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24 Apr 2011, 9:21 pm

Jacoby wrote:
So don't shop at Walmart? I don't, I prefer Target. Always seemed cleaner and less trashy to me although I guess some people dislike Target too tho.

I shop at Amazon. Of course, they probably don't pay their computers a "living wage" either, whatever that means.



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24 Apr 2011, 9:23 pm

Bethie wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
So don't shop at Walmart? I don't, I prefer Target. Always seemed cleaner and less trashy to me although I guess some people dislike Target too tho.


Agreed, seriously I usually find these complaint threads hilarious because the same individuals that yell about walmart mistreating its workforce are seen shopping at walmart the next day.




....you know the shopping habits of WP members?

Do they know you're a stalker? 8O


Actually, it was more of a reasonable assumption, given how NT's behave.



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24 Apr 2011, 10:27 pm

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http://www.alternet.org/economy/150685/if_walmart_paid_its_1.4_million_u.s._workers_a_living_wage%2C_it_would_result_in_almost_no_pain_for_the_average_customer/?page=2

Frankly I'm a bit tired of wall-mart, they are big, they are selfish, they destroy local businesses, and they are way to f**kin' big.


Wal-Fart takes capitalism according to the descriptions of it by Karl Marx. It is sort of like a perversion of the free enterprise economic system. Even McDonald's is a better place to work than Wal-Fart and it doesn't pay much less to work in fast food than it does to work as a general purpose peon at Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart: spend money, buy junk and kill local businesses while ensuring that people earn barely enough to survive... if that.



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24 Apr 2011, 10:30 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
So don't shop at Walmart? I don't, I prefer Target. Always seemed cleaner and less trashy to me although I guess some people dislike Target too tho.


Agreed, seriously I usually find these complaint threads hilarious because the same individuals that yell about walmart mistreating its workforce are seen shopping at walmart the next day.


I don't shop at Wal-Mart and I recommend nobody else does either. I've worked there before and the faster Wal-Mart is out of business the better.



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24 Apr 2011, 11:28 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
Bethie wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
So don't shop at Walmart? I don't, I prefer Target. Always seemed cleaner and less trashy to me although I guess some people dislike Target too tho.


Agreed, seriously I usually find these complaint threads hilarious because the same individuals that yell about walmart mistreating its workforce are seen shopping at walmart the next day.




....you know the shopping habits of WP members?

Do they know you're a stalker? 8O


Actually, it was more of a reasonable assumption, given how NT's behave.


are you calling the OP an NT?
you sir have gone too far.


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24 Apr 2011, 11:40 pm

JakobVirgil wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Bethie wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
So don't shop at Walmart? I don't, I prefer Target. Always seemed cleaner and less trashy to me although I guess some people dislike Target too tho.


Agreed, seriously I usually find these complaint threads hilarious because the same individuals that yell about walmart mistreating its workforce are seen shopping at walmart the next day.




....you know the shopping habits of WP members?

Do they know you're a stalker? 8O


Actually, it was more of a reasonable assumption, given how NT's behave.


are you calling the OP an NT?
you sir have gone too far.


No I'm saying some people on the spectrum behave more like NTs than they care to admit.



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24 Apr 2011, 11:41 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
JakobVirgil wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Bethie wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
So don't shop at Walmart? I don't, I prefer Target. Always seemed cleaner and less trashy to me although I guess some people dislike Target too tho.


Agreed, seriously I usually find these complaint threads hilarious because the same individuals that yell about walmart mistreating its workforce are seen shopping at walmart the next day.




....you know the shopping habits of WP members?

Do they know you're a stalker? 8O


Actually, it was more of a reasonable assumption, given how NT's behave.


are you calling the OP an NT?
you sir have gone too far.


No I'm saying some people on the spectrum behave more like NTs than they care to admit.
And what's that supposed to mean? :?



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24 Apr 2011, 11:42 pm

AceOfSpades wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
JakobVirgil wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Bethie wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
So don't shop at Walmart? I don't, I prefer Target. Always seemed cleaner and less trashy to me although I guess some people dislike Target too tho.


Agreed, seriously I usually find these complaint threads hilarious because the same individuals that yell about walmart mistreating its workforce are seen shopping at walmart the next day.




....you know the shopping habits of WP members?

Do they know you're a stalker? 8O


Actually, it was more of a reasonable assumption, given how NT's behave.


are you calling the OP an NT?
you sir have gone too far.


No I'm saying some people on the spectrum behave more like NTs than they care to admit.
And what's that supposed to mean? :?


Nothing more than a simple observation.



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24 Apr 2011, 11:45 pm

I know that but you were saying how people who complain about Wal Mart tend to also shop there. Then you said it's a reasonable assumption given how NT's behave. What's the point you're making here?



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24 Apr 2011, 11:47 pm

AceOfSpades wrote:
I know that but you were saying how people who complain about Wal Mart tend to also shop there. Then you said it's a reasonable assumption given how NT's behave. What's the point you're making here?


That they should put their money where their mouth is.



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24 Apr 2011, 11:49 pm

I never claimed to shop at wall-mart and considering my opening post I find it odd that there are posts on me shopping at wall-mart.

I do not hate wall-mart I understand it is a business and that business do stupid things when there is nobody to enforce decency upon them. I just think it's high time someone hit them with a stick.



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25 Apr 2011, 1:35 am

ikorack wrote:
I do not hate wall-mart


I however do.

ikorack wrote:
I just think it's high time someone hit them with a stick.


The only one available to consumers: voting with one's feet and wallet.



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25 Apr 2011, 1:39 am

jamieboy wrote:
If walmart paid it's employees the living wage then the business would collapse and the CEO and the rest of the board of directors would be left begging for change in the streets.


No, not really. The study shows that the effect of paying employees that much wouldn't be too bad on the overall organization and of minimal effect on consumers.


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25 Apr 2011, 1:43 am

Bethie wrote:
They didn't create this situation, they just exploited it, and rather effectively.

If you want to hate WAL-Mart, hate the millions who shop there to the tune of billions annually.


Does rational ignorance mean nothing to you? Furthermore, given that Walmart has already exploited its monosponsy and monopoly power be the primary seller in many markets, has exploited sales tax laws quite substantially, is (like many megacorps) a recpient of generous corporate welfare, and has already displaced many businesses, that is easier said than done. People aren't atoms and can't suddenly or individually change the structure of the retail market overnight.


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