Liberals and progressives must have many different points of view the old shake down game is dead.
Leftist outrage at Walmart has been trending down.
Coincidentally, Walmart political contributions to the left have been trending up.
Coincidence?
The leftist mindset is just so creepy and offensive. I love when they complain about burdens to the taxpayers.
Like we'd see tax cuts if Wal-Mart paid higher wages.
And then, of course, there's this most recent idiotic meme about "income inequality."
Personally, I'd have significantly more income if our politicians -- you know, the poor babies who suffer in such poverty -- would charge me less in taxes.
The complaints about Walmart including “wage inequality” and “Walmart is destroying small business” are largely a result of the fact that most of the employees are not unionized. Dems still have most of the employees but there are no union crooks taking wages to support Dem election efforts through union dues.
The NY Slimes will be out of business within the next decade as its business model (supporting liberal Dem causes and not covering all the news) is unsustainable.
From a regular and grateful Wal*Mart shopper, this is hilarious.
I'll bet that pissed em off in NY
I hate Walmart but this is awesome.
I’ve been as prone as anyone else to knock Walmart for massive offshore sourcing, but they are coming around. They’ve committed to US manufacturing in certain areas where they are able, and it’s not just talk. Try finding open capacity in a sock mill in NC. If you can, there’s something seriously wrong at that mill.
I love it! We don’t have a lot of choice, other than Walmart where we live. Most of the businesses in the mall have left and are being replaced by nail salons and such. I buy an occasional item from Publix, but they are too expensive for everyday shopping. I use SAMs as much as I can, but I cannot afford to purchase large amounts of everything, so I shop Walmart for those items that I still need. We have a local Winn Dixie, but many of the items are too high for a strict budget. Target is higher than Walmart on most items, and our Target has only a small grocery part. I am growing my tomatoes, and I have cucumber plants, squash and sweet potato plants in the back yard...hoping they grow well. When you are on a fixed income, you shop where you can afford. It’s not because I’m such a great fan, but we lived in AR when the Walmart stores started out. They were a huge improvement over K-Mart (which I’d worked at as a teen) and their policies were always customer-geared. Great stores back then. Yes, they have changed over time, sort of like JCPenneys. My uncle worked for Mr. JC Penney, in NYC as one of his executives. Mr. Penny would be rolling over in his grave to know what the company has become. Same with Sam Walton. Later generations of executives make changes that they think are suited for the times, but they deny the company’s founding principles. Sad, really! There is one way to make a change, though, and that is to write in and complain about the changes and to remind them of the things that Walmart once stood for and that you liked.
Great post... thanks Zed.
bump