Posted on 10/25/2005 2:29:37 PM PDT by Crackingham
~snicker~
TEE HEEE!!!!
How be you?
I am doing great.
How are you?
Ankle back to normal?
Good to hear it.
Ankle is not back to normal, but is much better, thanks.
You are welcome.
It's good to hear that your ankle is on the mend.:)
Thanks for the cynicism...why don't you learn some manners....then maybe we can talk.
As far as WMT caring about 'good public policy'...they are a business, not a social welfare agency, first job training program or economic think-tank...they exist to make money for their shareholders. If raising the minimum wage in their estimation makes them more money, like any well run business I would expect them to be in favor of it.
I'm tired of reading Walmart bashing posts from people that think that Walmart exists to further the public good ror provide some social safety net.
There should be no minimum wage.
I think people are reading entirely too much into this statement from the CEO. If you take it purely from a business perspective, increasing the minimum wage will increase the amount of money some poor shoppers have to spend at Walmart...therefore as a businessman, he would support it. Not to mention the fact that it would hurt other business competitors by increasing their costs of doing business.
Walmart already pays most if not all of their employees MORE than minimum wage, so while it may affect their cost structure to some degree (compensatory increases), it would not affect them primarily.
I do not agree that the minimum wage should be increased either...I wish the government would abolish the minimum wage altogether as a matter of fact.
I'm just stating that I understand why as a BUSINESS, it might be in WMT's best interest for the minimum wage to be increased...and therefore I understand where this spokesman's statement is coming from.
I think people are reading entirely too much into this statement from the CEO. If you take it purely from a business perspective, increasing the minimum wage will increase the amount of money some poor shoppers have to spend at Walmart...therefore as a businessman, he would support it. Not to mention the fact that it would hurt other business competitors by increasing their costs of doing business.
Walmart already pays most if not all of their employees MORE than minimum wage, so while it may affect their cost structure to some degree (compensatory increases), it would not affect them primarily.
I do not agree that the minimum wage should be increased either...I wish the government would abolish the minimum wage altogether as a matter of fact.
I'm just stating that I understand why as a BUSINESS, it might be in WMT's best interest for the minimum wage to be increased...and therefore I understand where this spokesman's statement is coming from.
I guess stupid people run big corporations sometimes.
Just because they give to the Republican party doesn't mean they're a friend. Sam Walton (?sp) sure, present company, I wouldn't jump with them into the sack so quick.
You make too much sense. the WalMart bashers will not understand.
Lee Scott is running the company into the ground by appeasing the leftists who aren't going to shop or support Wal-Mart anyway. Sam Walton is spinning in his grave.
Toothpaste, deodorant, toilet paper....are useless crap?
Most people don't buy TVs, stereos, or computers at Wal-Mart. They just buy the daily essentials and maybe some groceries.
Raise it to ZERO. The minimum-wage should be abolished.
Yep. And don't forget about Aldi and other stock-up food stores.
LOL...I know.
As a WMT shareholder, the only reason I want for WMT to raise worker's pay is out of necessity...i.e., they cannot attract capable workers at their current payscales.
Everyone that assumes WMT is caving to the 'left' here doesn't realize that WMT already pays their workers MORE than minimum wage, which is an important fact.
I look at this as nothing more than a statement that WMT wants their 'typical' shopper to have more to spend in their stores....it is not a statement on WMT's political or financial philosophies per se; they are too smart for that.
I love this corporate welfare that Walmart is sponsoring. They themselves pay minimal wage and set no example but demand that the government forces all other businesses to raise wages.
Now, if in fact WMT paid only minimum wage (and they do not) and businesses cannot hire workers for less than minimum wage, why would WMT care if other companies were forced to pay minimum wage workers more?
You cannot hire someone for LESS than minimum wage now, right?
Sure, if we accept the following as enforcable:
1. No illegal alien work
2. No pay under the table
3. No forcing of employees to work off the record (something that Walmart has been sued over several times and lost)
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