Sam Walton was a billionaire who drove an old beat up pick up truck. To me, that is just plain "cheap old b@st@rd" behavior, and not to be admired. I've done some business (very little) with Walmart as a buyer of our services, and I can tell you, that cheapness and "wring every last penny out of your suppliers and employees" mindset that Walmart started now permeates factories and businesses of all kinds. It also makes employees and suppliers bitter, for good reason. America was made great due to more things than just raw greedy capitalism. Christian principles should underly that capitalism, and the realization that people should be able to make a decent living by working. "The workman is worth his wages" as the Bible says.
I vote conservatively, but if Republicans would realize that there would hardly be any Democrats if they showed a heart and some generosity to employees and suppliers, the world would be a lot better off. The sad part is, country club Republicans WILL continue to drive working people to the Democrats, due to the same kind of cheap, greedy b@st@rd mindset that Sam Walton exhibited by being a billionaire driving an old beat up pick up truck.
I will admit, for all I know, Sam Walton may have been a Democrat. I just know from personal experience of working for both 'Pub's and conservative 'Dem's, I'd rather work for the conservative 'Dem's. Not much of a point to all this I guess, because greedy b@st@rds come in all shapes and sizes, but I do wish that people could achieve more of a balance, being capitalists without being Walmart greedy, being generous without being Costco liberal commies.
Good post. Very well said. I just think capitalsim is going to turn for the worse in this country before it gets better.
What is the difference between a conservative Dem and a Dem?
Aside from the Rep/Dem aspect, your outlook and mine on how to run a business are identical. The workers and customers make the company. If you take care of the customers and employees, the business almost cannot fail. If the business does well, the shareholders will do well. It's a Bible principle "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". It works. Putting the interests of the other parties to the transaction ahead of their own (while not allowing themselves to be cheated) their own interests are taken care of. For the non-religious: "What goes around comes around".
You are really sick.
Sam drove that cheap truck to his $30 million dollar private planes jet setting around the country. Kind of ruins the whole premise, since it was more for PR than anything.