Domination Not Wal-Mart's Goal

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ^ | 1/12/04 | Doris Hajewske

[ninenot]

Interesting that Wal-Mart thinks "Government" should address health-care.

Move their costs to taxpayers while eliminating US suppliers and the taxpayers who WORK at US suppliers.

Alice-in-Wonderland here.

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

Interesting that Wal-Mart thinks "Government" should address health-care.

Move their costs to taxpayers while eliminating US suppliers and the taxpayers who WORK at US suppliers.

Alice-in-Wonderland here.

Uhhh... in case you hadn't noticed, health care was taken over by the government a long, long time ago.

The ideal situation would be to decouple medical insurance from employment. Anybody who wants medical insurance would have to buy it, just like they buy insurance for their house or their car.

But that will never happen, because the government would never give up the control over citizens that control of the health care system provides.

So it's a done deal already.

[freekitty]

It's business and government working hand in hand. The guys at Walmart contribute plenty to our so called lawmakers. If they wanted things to change; they would.

I was watching tv last night about outsourcing and this guy was talking about it was global world. It was his attitude that made me really mad. It's like he had put one over on us and we couldn't do a thing about it.

Well, how about stop paying our taxes. That would shut government down. Then maybe that smart mouthed little punk wouldn't have quite the smirk he was displaying last night because he would be out of business in a flash.

[templar]

But that will never happen, because the government would never give up the control over citizens that control of the health care system provides.

Herein lies the key to eleminating any government program. It must be done in a manner that preserves and expands the power and control that the government derives from that program.

[snooker]

Interesting that Wal-Mart thinks "Government" should address health-care.

why? they just want someone else to pay for it. As long as it's not them it's just fine.

[Alberta's Child]

"It's so easy to say that jobs are going to China because of low labor costs," he said. But in some cases, factories that are for sale in the U.S. come with so many site cleanup requirements that it's cheaper to build in Mexico.

It's even worse than that. The cost of re-tooling and upgrading an existing plant in the U.S. is often so high that it is cheaper to build one from scratch overseas. I suspect this is what is behind most auto plant closings in the U.S. over the last couple of decades -- as a plant reaches the end of its useful life (40-50 years), the parent company does a detailed analysis of rehabilitation costs and decides it simply isn't worthwhile to keep it open.

[ex-snook]

Back to you "Interesting that Wal-Mart thinks "Government" should address health-care. "

It's an increasing trend. I don't think it will be as pervasive as education as a citizen requirement. Rather I think the Social Security original model where the government would provide a base [maybe just catastrophic, major medical] and people were expected to supplement privately for coughs and aches.

Citizen health is becomming a government function like military, education, police and fire protection.

[I still care]

Silly me. And all the time I thought it was the US that wanted to dominate the world, when all the time it was Walmart.

Quick, someone go tell DU...

By the way, Best Buy tried to open a store in a shopping center near me, because we have to drive 25 miles to go to Best Buy. But though the grapevine I heard Walmart blocked it somehow.

Competition? We don't need no stinkin' competition!

[joesnuffy]

they don't want to take it over ..they want to absorb it...like any other giant amoeba

[joesnuffy]

Would not be surprising...I think they are blocking COSTCOs from Wis. :)

[nicollo]

Uhhh... in case you hadn't noticed, health care was taken over by the government a long, long time ago.

Damn straight. Few people realize that we already have socialized medical insurance... just not run by the government. It is, however, mandated by the government, as anyone self-employed will know -- you can write-off health insurance costs for employees, but not for the self-employed. That's called government control. (Payroll taxes operate the same.) No surprise that Walmart wants the government to pick up the rest of the tab.

Back in the early 1900s the biggest supporters of railroad and "pure food" reform were business. While philosophically disinclined to regulation, big-business realized mighty fast that control of business by government meant control of government by business. The railroads and the meat packers quit screaming as government regulation killed off competition.

Nicollo unmasked: Bromleyisms here

[rootntootn]

Bullsh!t

China Mart does not seek to stock American products. What a lie!

[ninenot]

Maybe that will be the model. But it will not remain so, as the experience with SocSec has proven.

Allowing the Feds any more options or controls will definitely screw up the system, especially with the Nannies we have running around in Gummint at all levels.

[independentmind]

Interesting that Wal-Mart thinks "Government" should address health-care.

I'll think you'll find that many CEOs of large corporations support the concept of universal coverage paid for by Uncle Sam.

It's a terrible idea, but then again so is employer-provided coverage.

[BunnySlippers]

Quick, someone go tell DU...

DU thinks Starbucks is trying to take over the world.

[I still care]

LOL. I personally think DU is trying to take over the world...

[VOA]

Scott targeted strict environmental rules as a factor in job losses in the U.S.

Anyone who grew up with a parent (or parents) who made made a decent living for
a decent day's work at an oil refinery within the lower 48 states...
will applaud this statement.

But the Deaniacs and The Sierra Club don't want the public to know this.

[FITZ]

It's a terrible idea, but then again so is employer-provided coverage.

Why? Why is it so much worse than an employer-provided income, or employer-provided 401K plan, or employer-provided pension? Those were traditional ways employers tried to entice and retain the best employees. They would try to develop a stable work force by offering benefits.