Wal Mart's Exploitive Practices Attacked By Website

Wake Up Wal-Mart ^

[Clintonfatigued]

Because of Wal-Mart's inadequate wages and benefits, Wal-Mart employees are eligible for $2.5 billion in Federal assistance, which comes from your tax dollars.

[Casloy]

Except in reality some people don't have a choice. They take whatever is offered. At this point, with all of the talk of illegals etc., nobody has pointed out that bottom wages have dropped down to near illegal levels.

And who decides when people don't have a choice? If someone offered her a job at 10 cents an hour would she take it? Of course not, ergo she has a choice. The problem with minimum wage is it assumes a certain amount of income is fair and another amount is not, across the board. Is digging a ditch in the hot sun for 5 dollars an hour the same as flipping hamburgers? Shouldn't the ditch digger get 6 dollars an hour? What if I offer you a job in my bicycle repair shop for 3 dollars an hour because it's all I can afford to pay you, but you want to take the job because you primary goal is to learn how to fix bicycles? According to the government, you are not allowed to work for me. My point is, when the government gets involved more people have fewer choices, no one is any better off, and more people end up unemployed.

[durasell]

I'd suggest you read Henry Mayhew's The London Poor. It was written in the 1800s, so I believe it's non-copyrighted and should be available free online.

Capitalism, market forces, etc. are powerful engines capable of truly astounding things. We owe most of our modern world to the miracle of capitalism. But there is a dark side to it, which must be mitigated. That's where minimum wage comes in.

If you know how to splice genes, run a complex piece of equipment, cut cancers out of people, create pastries (sic), formulate computer models for movements in the stock market or have one of a thousand other sophisticated skill sets, then the bidding for your services/expertise goes no place but up. On the other hand, if you have a non-sophisticated skill set, even if you are willing to work hard, then the bidding for your services points downward.

If we, as a nation, devolve into a two-tier economic systems, then we'll be in for a rocky road ahead. It'll be like some South American countries where the rich fly in sushi chefs for parties behind high walls manned by armed guards.

[Toddsterpatriot]

If there is no Anakin coming down the pike, we will possibly devolve to a 2nd World nation (Communist Bloc living standards, circa 1970's) or worse, 3rd World Nation,

Absolutely, because as you can see, after NAFTA real earnings dropped like a rock.

[Toddsterpatriot]

But there is a dark side to it, which must be mitigated.

And only the light side of government can stop the dark side of capitalism??? That's funny.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Congress is once again considering amending its worst economic law, the minimum wage. After decades of experience, everyone should know that regulating the price of labor is identical to any other price control and an especially crude way to “fix” free markets. Raising the minimum wage will hurt low-income workers, cost jobs, and hobble the American economy. Congress should know by now that bucking the laws of economics does not work.

Simple Economics
A minimum wage operates by removing the lowest rung on the economic ladder – it doesn’t just take away current jobs, but also future job opportunities. So how many rungs will Congress knock out this time?

Minimizing Economic Opportunity by Raising the Minimum Wage

[Goodgirlinred]

Good for him and you. Too bad you all don't live in Virginia. You don't have to belong to a union to work anywhere. Good luck.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Thanks and I know that we don't need no stinking union to make a living!

BTW,my husband posted an interesting question here at post #
840!

I know he has some spelling errors because he forgot to hit spell check,but the jest of it should still be clear!

[Goodgirlinred]

Of course, because people like to do everything in one place. We even have an Applebee's going up across the highway from Wal-Mart and a business center going up next door to Wal-Mart. Several of the car dealers went together and moved their dealerships next door to Wal-Mart and expanded. The place is booming. The little strip mall that was there before Wal-Mart has spruced up and has all the buildings full now. Thanks to Wal-Mart's being there.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I see the same thing here!
A new Safeway and a bank moved in just down the street from Walmart and a two new strip malls with an Applebees and a MCDonald and right across the street a bank,a pizza place and several other places opened up!

The Hardware store sees more business as well,since Walmart arrived.I know this because one of our friends works there!

How can the Walmart bashers explain that phenomenon?

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Your Grandma was so right!

[Gabz]

How can the Walmart bashers explain that phenomenon?

They wear blinders so as not to see that their claims are VERY far from the truth.

Have some businesses in some areas been hurt by the openning of a Walmart? Most likely. Does Walmart DESTROY small towns and wipe out all small local businesses? Absolutey NOT.

although some of the remarks can get downright hateful and hurtful and others are out and out lies - in general I find the Walmart bashers to be an amusing bunch :) But then, of course, I have a really warped sense of humor!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

You are right it is some what humorous to read the nonsense some of them write!

[Gabz]

That's why I enjoy them so much!

BTW - I did see the question your husband posed at #840 - I didn't respond because I really don't have an answer to it.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I am pretty sure that no one will have an answer to it,not even the bashers!~chuckle~

I am waiting to see if anyone has the answer!

[Goodgirlinred]

I think that Wal-Mart bashers for the most part, the really hateful ones, are just plain ignorant. The ones who don't like shopping at Wal-Mart are just regular people who prefer a smaller style store. Anyway, it takes all kinds. ;)

[Goodgirlinred]

They can't. They won't even try. They will just complain because there are things in there that are made in China. Well, you can't go anywhere now days where there aren't things for sale that aren't made in China. So what. That is what Free Trade is all about. We need more of that with all the countries in the world to stamp out poverty in the world. Everyone in the world deserves to make a living.

[Gabz]

I am waiting to see if anyone has the answer!

don't hold your breath waiting for an answer from the other side :)

[jayef]

You've never heard of AFSCME?

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I won't!:)

[Gabz]

I love little stores as much as the next guy, but at times Walmart is just far more convenient.......especially when I am not in the mood for shopping (and that is often!)