Posted on 11/29/2005 1:17:44 PM PST by sickoflibs
By actual count, I went to a Wal-Mart once in my whole life. My wife and I found the section where they sell outdoor sporting goods. She needed a pair of those heavy-duty earplugs that hunters wear so they won't be deafened by the thunderclaps of their weapons when they're pulverizing wild animals. My wife uses the plugs strictly at night. She says she can almost blot out the sound of my snoring.
But I am not a regular Wal-Mart customer, and I will not be among the hordes arriving there today, the day after Thanksgiving, when Americans begin celebrating their bountiful national gifts in the traditional patriotic ritual of searching for holiday bargains.
I do not shop at Wal-Mart for a couple of reasons. One, because there's no Wal-Mart particularly close to my house. But also because of the ambivalence that so many of us feel about this corporate behemoth whose revenues are now an astonishing 2 percent of the entire U.S. gross domestic product and whose dominance of the business world is now larger than GE, Ford, GM and IBM combined and eight times larger than Microsoft's. It's a behemoth that now prepares for a showdown with its own work force at this winter's Maryland legislative session.
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(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Today it is Wal-Mart. In 10 years it will be another company.
Wal-Mart, with about 15,000 employees in Maryland, is the only company in the state with that many employees that doesn't meet the 8 percent threshold.
Socialism - controling the means of production for 100 years...
You're right, it never lasts.
My dad was telling me that in the 60's no one would have believed that Woolworth's would ever have gone out of business.
But, 2% of GDP is pretty darn big.
10 years ago it was Microsoft.
I used to love Woolworths - the lunch counter had a 39 cent banana split :-)
Who would have bet just 5 years ago that Montgomery Wards would go out of business?
Walmart's to big - the obvious lib solution? Taxes levied on Walmart, more regs and some Congressional/UN investigations.
Riight, that's usually because the average Wal-Mart clerk is an uneducated part-time worker.
"For a 200-employee Wal-Mart store, the report said, the government spends $108,000 a year for children's health care, $125,000 a year in tax credits and deductions for low-income families, and $42,000 a year in housing assistance.
The report also estimates that a 200-employee Wal-Mart store costs federal taxpayers $420,750 a year, or about $2,103 per Wal-Mart employee. That translates into a total annual welfare bill of $2.5 billion for the company's 1.2 million U.S. employees. "
This is an absolute fabrication.
If I were wealthy beyond imagination, I would love to see Wallmart just announce, "We quit! We will pay off all of our stockholders, liquidate and be done. Have a nice day." Then what would the libs say when suddenly, 1.5 million people do not have work or cannot pay taxes? What would they say when the economy took a major dump and tossed the nation into a recession? It is a free country and capitalism is what got us here. Forcing laws on businesses is unconstitutional.
By the way, if they force costs on wallmart, the employees and customers are the ones who pay the difference. See Wallmart is a COMPANY. It does not have feelings and does not pay taxes. It does not make money and it does not lose money. The shareholders and board members make decisions for the COMPANY. There is no way to PUNISH a COMPANY without PUNISHING hardworking people.
She needed a pair of those heavy-duty earplugs that hunters wear so they won't be deafened by the thunderclaps of their weapons when they're pulverizing wild animals.This guy is morally superior (and ill-informed) on many subjects.
Oh man. Thank you for the chuckle of the day.
I'm picturing Bambi being taken apart with a sledge hammer on an anvil.
I deduce from this that he is not a hunter.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Hunters don't use earplugs. Can't hear the game coming. Range shooters use them because they're going to practice a lot. Shows how much this bozo knows.
Now Wal-Mart. Before, Sears. Before that, Woolworth. There will always be a rich, dominant retail chain for the libs to whine about.
I didn't mean to repeat your postings of this gem. A friend of ours came in for a while and I was delayed in doing my post.
Great minds. . . .
And this writer assumes there is no second wage earner in the family.
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