No one said anything about FORCED charity.
TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
Private charity is always preferrable to Government handouts.
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No one said anything about FORCED charity.
TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
First, you can quit yelling at me. ;-P
Using public opinion/outrage/etc. to try and get a company to 'offer deep discounts' "IF they didn't want to donate" most certainly is "forced charity". Force does not necessarily emanate from the government.
To have such a "fire sale" regularly would change the business model and cycle for a store. Their customers would stop purchasing at "regular" prices, and would instead only patronize the deep discount sales. To make it contingent on showing income is very, very likely illegal.
You are correct that private charity is always preferable to government handouts, but "charity" is a gift that is given - and not one that can be taken, such as your original post implied.
Finally, Walmart following through on the terms of their contracts (when they stipulate destruction of merchandise) is explicitly "doing the right thing".