In an ecomy in crisis.
Millions unemployed.
Freezing temps etc.
This type of behavour is a SIN.
Even IF they didn’t want to donate, they could have offered deep discounts so that people in need could have a chance to buy this stuff.
A tent sale anything.
OUTRAGEOUS
This behavior by Walmart contributes to Global Warming, blocks Meaningful Health Care Reform, is the cause of the Monetary Crisis of 2007, creates H1N1 vaccine shortages, generates more SUV sales, and is ultimately Bushes fault.
How would unsold clothing have affected any of those things?
This type of behavour is a SIN.
Really? Have you thrown anything away today?
Was that a sin?
Even IF they didn’t want to donate, they could have offered deep discounts so that people in need could have a chance to buy this stuff.
A tent sale anything.
OUTRAGEOUS
Do you know of any people anywhere in the USA who don't have clothing? Is there anyone who could not get clothing in any other way?
I think you're outraged over your imagination.
So you favor forcing Walmart’s “charity”?
“Forced charity” is an oxymoron.
Wal-Mart does this all the time. You can buy end of season stuff for pennies on the dollar at Wal-Mart.
I agree. The stuff could be sold at liquidation prices to an eBay seller, who might be a stay at home mother trying to make ends meet. It could be donated to St. Vincent de Paul or Goodwill. The warm coats and gloves could be put to the use for which they were intended. But just the idea of wasting all that material and all that labor is truly abhorrent to me.
Agreed. Like dumping perfectly good food into the dumpster. It’s not like there aren’t organizations and distribution networks to take these goods off their hands. Our tax code has been designed to encourage charity even on the part of business. No excuse.
I have spent the entire Christmas season being preached to by my church about charity. They gave away toys and they gave away free Turkey’s and even shoes to school kids.
But I have had times in the past where I was unemployed or completely out of money and for the most part I always could budget a meal. I wouldn’t have a problem eating on less than a dollar a day. I lived on mainly ramen noodles for months. Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner at times was a turkey or ham sandwich and a bag of chips. Hell I never got to the point but I know where to dumpster drive to eat like a king. Same with clothes, I never had a problem affording basic clothing, you can get shoes for ten bucks and shirts and pants even cheaper if you know where to shop.
Nobody I ever knew died from hunger nor do they go around naked because they can’t afford clothes. Most people on the edge don’t need that kind of charity. Food costs only 8% of the average American’s budget and I suspect clothes even less.
What ticks me off is all the time, money, and resources that goes to all these feel good charity things like Thanksgiving Dinners where the TV cameras show up and the volunteers gush about how great it is to help others. They didn’t really make a difference, those people was going to eat something that day. My turkey sandwich and chips was something I earned and tasted better than something I would be given.
But if you are barely making it and your car breaks down and needs hundreds of dollars in repairs or you break a tooth and need emergency dental or you need a new furnace that is what people really need help on and that is where most of the charity ignores. Most people can come up with their rent or mortgage payment but if you don’t have cash in the bank and the car needs a new water pump and you need the car to drive to work then you will fall behind on your rent.
All the thousands of dollars being wasted on Christmas toys for kids, I can go to a dollar store and get plenty of cheap presents for my kids if that is all I can afford. They will learn a more important lesson about saving for the future and not being materialistic than if they expect the latest Barbie doll as a free handout from the Church.
Most of the people I know struggling don’t want charity, if they are working they would love to pay back a loan by paying a few dollars a week or a month over time or if they aren’t working some charity or church lending them the money could ask them to spend their free time working on some charity project such as working in a soup kitchen instead of money and they would be glad to do so. But nobody is helping these people, if they have a credit card they are forced to rack up the balance or if they have friends and family maybe they can get help there but as for going to your average church or charity and asking for help to repair your transmission, most times out of luck.
Sorry but this rant has been building for awhile.
If you're so worried about what Wal Mart does with their unsold merchandise, perhaps you should buy it yourself and donate it to charity.
Until then, STFUASD. And the same to the rest of your like minded comrades!