Posted on 09/16/2006 6:51:22 AM PDT by bitt
Liberal campaign hurts people who need bargains
Evergreen Park, Ill., a suburb contiguous with Chicago's western edge, is 88 percent white. A large majority of the customers of the Wal-Mart that sits here, less than a block outside Chicago, are from the city, and more than 90 percent of the store's customers are African-American. One of whom, a woman pushing a shopping cart with a stoical 3-year-old along for the ride, has a chip on her shoulder about the size of this 141,000 square-foot Wal-Mart. She applied for a job when the store opened in January and was turned down because, she said, the person doing the hiring "had an attitude."
So why is the woman shopping here anyway? She looks at the questioner as though he is dimwitted and directs his attention to the low prices of the DVDs on the rack next to her.
Sensibly, she compartmentalizes her moods and her money. Besides, she should not brood. She had lots of company in not being hired: More than 25,000 people applied for the 325 openings.
Which vexes liberals like John Kerry. (He and his helpmeet last shopped at Wal-Mart when?) In 2004 he tested what has become one of the Democrats' 2006 themes: Wal-Mart is, he said, "disgraceful"and symbolic of "what's wrong with America."
By now, Democrats have succeeded, to their embarrassment (if they are susceptible to that), in making the basic numbers familiar: The median household income of Wal-Mart shoppers is under $40,000. Wal-Mart, the most prodigious job-creator in the history of the private sector in this galaxy, has almost as many employees (1.3 million) as the U.S. military has uniformed personnel.
A McKinsey company study concluded that Wal-Mart accounted for 13 percent of the nation's productivity gains in the second half of the 1990s, ...
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And many let their emotional hatred of one specific corporation get in their way, resulting in support for Marxist policies! It will happen every time intellect and logic are subjucated to emotions!
What got me about the article was they made it sound like Evergreen Park is way out in the suburbs .. when in fact it butts right up against the city.
YEARS ago the area wasn't safe... has Evergreen Park gone through some sort of rebirth?
In the early 70's my orthodontist was at 95th and Western. One day I decided to take the bus all the way to Western on 63rd .. then down. (Instead of Cicero to 95th and across like I was supposed to) An elderly black lady got on at Western with me and sat with me... and asked me why a little white girl would be on that bus.. I told her I wanted to take a different route... she admonished me that I should listen to my parents. She rode with me all the way to 95th .. the bus driver offered her a free transfer back and thanked her for staying with me... (Remember this wasn't that long after the '68 riots...) She talked to me about Jesus .. which was something we had in common ... we had prayer.. which was wonderful. It was an enriching experience for me - and the Lord, the lady and the bus driver were watching out for me - but after that I took my regular route.
Part-time Walmart employees are eligible for benefits after being employed for two years. My neighbor has worked for them for years. She transferred from a Wal-mart in NC to one here in TX.
"For meat - I hit Costco or Sam's ... but for basic groceries Wal-mart is consistently lower .. at least here in South Texas"
Sam's is owned by Walmart, and Cosco is owned by a democrat activist.
I've seen folks quoting Public Citizen, Media Matters, and other lib think-tanks and advocacy groups, but that was was rather brazen. Responding with invective after it was pointed out was typical, though.
I didn't even think it was allowed. I suppose we need a few of these tokens to kick around......
But most times the response is, "what are your motives in attacking the source over the substance?" It's laughable. And I'm talking about repeat offenders.
Well I decided long ago I'll go where I want for the best quality at the best price.... no matter WHERE you shop there's an up and downside...
I hit Costco because it's next to the Wal-mart... If I'm further down the road I go to Sam's... :)
"Well I decided long ago I'll go where I want for the best quality at the best price."
Same here, unless a retailer did something that was just too clearly confrontational.
I respond to basic market forces, meaning that for my basics, like groceries, I shop purely based on price, politics be d*amned, I won't subsidize mediocrity, or incompetence.
Around here Sam's sells choice, WalMart sells select. Other than that WalMart groceries are as good as any others.
I am talking about beef. I should have made that more clear.
http://www.kroger.com/homepage/index.htm
http://www.farmerjack.com/ Owned by A&P
Any pre-packeged meat is injected with nitrogen for preservation. That is why it has 'frozen and rewarmed flavor'.
Buy Fresh off the cow/pig/fowl.
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