Posted by Cindy Hamilton on March 1, 2010, 1:10 pm
> Yeah, Wal-Mart, whose employee health plan carries a $1,500 annual
> deductible on top of unaffordably
> high fees, and whose "401K" contributes a generous $5 per employee
> biweekly. Wal-Mart, whose average worker doesn't make enough money to
> support even half a family.
This obviously comes as news to you, but not every job can support a
family.
An employer who pays more than the job earns in revenue will be out of
business.
> Wal-Mart can't lower gas emissions without the FULL cooperation of
> its suppliers, without which Wal-Mart can't exist!
Wal-Mart is famous for beating up on its suppliers until they give WM
exactly what it wants at the price it wants to pay. That is but one
of
the many, many reasons that I don't shop there.
> Who is Wal-Mart trying to kid?
I don't know who they're trying to kid, but you're certainly
delusional.
Posted by Brian Elfert on March 1, 2010, 2:04 pm
>Wal-Mart is famous for beating up on its suppliers until they give WM
>exactly what it wants at the price it wants to pay. That is but one
>of
>the many, many reasons that I don't shop there.
You must not shop at any big box stores because they all beat up suppliers
for the best price.
Posted by Michael Coburn on March 1, 2010, 3:13 pm
On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:10:46 -0800, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> Yeah, Wal-Mart, whose employee health plan carries a $1,500 annual
>> deductible on top of unaffordably
>> high fees, and whose "401K" contributes a generous $5 per employee
>> biweekly. Wal-Mart, whose average worker doesn't make enough money to
>> support even half a family.
>
> This obviously comes as news to you, but not every job can support a
> family.
> An employer who pays more than the job earns in revenue will be out of
> business.
And I should care about this exactly why???? Tell us the bad things that
will happen to the middle class if Wally World comes to an end.
>> Wal-Mart can't lower gas emissions without the FULL cooperation of its
>> suppliers, without which Wal-Mart can't exist!
>
> Wal-Mart is famous for beating up on its suppliers until they give WM
> exactly what it wants at the price it wants to pay. That is but one of
> the many, many reasons that I don't shop there.
This is especially true for the suppliers of labor.
>> Who is Wal-Mart trying to kid?
>
> I don't know who they're trying to kid, but you're certainly delusional.
When the unemployment rate is as high as it is labor is a slave.
--
"Senate rules don't trump the Constitution" -- http://GreaterVoice.org/60
Posted by Cindy Hamilton on March 2, 2010, 1:23 pm
> On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:10:46 -0800, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> Yeah, Wal-Mart, whose employee health plan carries a $1,500 annual
> >> deductible on top of unaffordably
> >> high fees, and whose "401K" contributes a generous $5 per employee
> >> biweekly. Wal-Mart, whose average worker doesn't make enough money to
> >> support even half a family.
> > This obviously comes as news to you, but not every job can support a
> > family.
> > An employer who pays more than the job earns in revenue will be out of
> > business.
> And I should care about this exactly why???? Tell us the bad things that
> will happen to the middle class if Wally World comes to an end.
It doesn't matter whether you care or not. It's simple arithmetic.
Can
you please explain how a business could stay in business while paying
their
employees MORE than the value of their labor?
Posted by Rod Speed on March 2, 2010, 1:36 pm
Cindy Hamilton wrote
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote
>>>> Yeah, Wal-Mart, whose employee health plan carries a $1,500
>>>> annual deductible on top of unaffordably high fees, and whose
>>>> "401K" contributes a generous $5 per employee biweekly.
>>>> Wal-Mart, whose average worker doesn't make enough
>>>> money to support even half a family.
>>> This obviously comes as news to you, but not every job can support a family.
>>> An employer who pays more than the job earns in revenue will be out of
business.
>> And I should care about this exactly why???? Tell us the bad things
>> that will happen to the middle class if Wally World comes to an end.
> It doesn't matter whether you care or not. It's simple arithmetic.
> Can you please explain how a business could stay in business
> while paying their employees MORE than the value of their labor?
By making more than that on what they sell with a retailler like Walmart.
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> deductible on top of unaffordably
> high fees, and whose "401K" contributes a generous $5 per employee
> biweekly. Wal-Mart, whose average worker doesn't make enough money to
> support even half a family.