[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

We're beginning to see the WHY of Home Depot's decision not to sell to the Feds. They don't want the federal mandates. Good.

[meenie]

Americans for a Fair Chance at what? I hope this trend catches on.

[3AngelaD]

I don't know how it is where everyone else lives, but here in the DC metro area, Home Depot seems to be a Small World After All kind of place, with employees of every hue imaginable and every kind of accented bad English. Some of them don't speak English well enough to understand a simple request to locate merchandise. Examples: unfamiliar with the words router, sconce, chandelier, and flexible. I don't blame the company a bit for wanting to keep the government out of its business.

[RobRoy]

So the only "meat" in the article is that Home Depot, for reasons unknown, has decided to not do business with the Federal government. The rest of the article is accusations/opinions from a woman I never heard of.

BTW, if this article is true, Eagle just lost a customer and Home Depot just gained one.

[Interesting Times]

"Affirmative action prevents discrimination and enables employers to cast a wide net to recruit qualified women and minorities into the workplace."

The Big Lie in action.

Affirmative action doesn't prevent discrimination, it is discrimination.

[KarlInOhio]

"Affirmative action prevents discrimination and enables employers to cast a wide net to recruit qualified women and minorities into the workplace."

So, without going through government affirmative action programs, it is impossible to cast a wide net to recruit women and minorities? Is it even possible to hire anyone other than white men without a government approved affirmative action program? Can there be any good in the world without the smiling benevolence of a federal bureaucrat initiating it? What a bunch of idiots.

Here's an idea: hire the best people you can find. If you limit them based on race or sex, your company will be less profitable than a company that cares only about excellence.

[Lost Highway]

Affirmative action prevents discrimination...

It's not the Feds job to prevent discrimination. Their job is to enforce the prescribed punishment when laws are broken.

[mil-vet]

Even if it does not want the responsibility of complying with federal regulations, Home Depot should be a leader in the nation's progress toward workplace equality, both at the entry level and in the executive suite.

What total bull manure! Home Depot is not a social program, Home Depot is a profitable business! It won't STAY profitable if it is forced to BECOME a social program, which is what the invasive gov't regulations require!!

RIGHT ON, Home Depot!!

[mhking]

"If Home Depot's restatement of its policy not to do business with the government is solely based upon an unwillingness to comply with federal affirmative action laws, I am very concerned."

Oh, please -- anything to get yet another not for profit so-called Civil Rights entity into the newspapers. A large percentage of THD employees are minority. If you can't recognize a question with either the ability to get paid on an ongoing basis, or having to deal with reams of paperwork, then you are living with blinders on...

Rock on, Home Depot...

[MrB]

"Affirmative action prevents discrimination ..."

Oh, BS!
Affirmative action IS discrimination.
Affirmative action is also inherently insulting.
"Without affirmative action programs, you people would not be able to compete in the job market because everyone knows that the color of your skin effects how qualified you are to work."

[mhking]

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[Digger]

Well Ms Wilcher, why don't you take your to sniveling attitude & see if Jessie HighJackson can extort this company. Guarantee if that happened this company would expose that con artist.

[Voyager2]

Nice to know corporate America is turning it's back to racism. It is long overdue! Voyager2

[SCalGal]

The federal government isn't exactly known for paying it's bills in a timely manner. Maybe there were several factors involved in this decision.

[eFudd]

Affirmative action is nothing less than state sactioned racism and sexism.

It has no place whatsoever in a free country.

In fact, affirmative action and liberty are mutually exclusive.

[PeterPrinciple]

From what I can see so far, I like what Home Depot is doing and they will get more of my business. Maybe this is the start of a "revolution"............ it has to start somewhere.

[ironhorserider]

Is the Rev. Jessy hiding in the wings waiting to pounce on Home Depot to extort money as he dose with other large corp. that don't play the game according to his rules.

[weikel]

Isn't home depot owned by arabs?

[headsonpikes]

"We streamlined the federal regulations..."

Excellent! Then when folks make paper airplanes from them they'll fly farther!

'Ignore bureaucrats' bump.

[Niagara]

Who is John Galt?

[Nathan Jr.]

Home Depot - My Toy Store!