[Regulator]

that's why goods there are so gosh darn affordable

No it's not. It's because virtually all of their merchandise is made in China.

China Mart can pack up and leave. Hope the unions make their life miserable.

[BuckeyeTexan]

You hope union thugs make the developer’s life miserable? Why? WTH did he do?

[LurkingSince'98]

“No it’s not. It’s because virtually all of their merchandise is made in China.”

Wrong!

Not their food, not their services: pharmacy, optometrist, haircuts, not their credit union.

Evidently you like to pay more for everything you could have bought for less at Wal-mart.

You must be an SEIU member.

Lurking’

[meyer]

Hope the unions make their life miserable.

Yeah, they might be commies but they're OUR commies... /sarc

[Morpheus2009]

No it’s not. It’s because virtually all of their merchandise is made in China.

Their food and pharmacy are not. However, regarding toys and electronics, you really don’t have much of a choice about buying Chinese/East Asian imports at any major department store chain, because just about all stores do this, and not just Wal-Mart. The real issue you could address is the suggestion of a number of toys and/or electronics that it is “good” for a child to have.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

What major chains sell a majority of their goods made in the U.S.?

[gettinolder]

“No it’s not. It’s because virtually all of their merchandise is made in China”

I shop Wal-mart for ammunitions.

Last I checked the boxes, Remington, Winchester and Federal still manufacture their ammunitions in the United States.

[antiRepublicrat]

There are many reasons why Wal-Mart is usally pretty cheap. Keeping unions out and selling Chinese products (which others do too) are only two. Wal-mart is also doing well in China, where I doubt selling Chinese products is somehow an advantage. Frugality within the company and forcing it in the suppliers are a big one. Once they told a supplier to ditch an expensive Manhattan office if they wanted to land a Wal-Mart contract. Wal-Mart is also in general always trying to shave operating costs. To them, a saved penny here or second there means millions of dollars in the end.

Of course Wal-Mart has saved money in other ways, such as ripping off employees by juggling timecards. But I believe they settled for $$$.

[I see my hands]

"China Mart can pack up and leave. Hope the unions make their life miserable."

Walmart isn't a "they", it's an it. It doesn't have a life. Which people do you hope your union comrades descend upon?

[LeonardFMason]

LOL!

UNIONS+Detroit=DeToilet

SEIU=Nazi Brownshirts

By “miserable” what do you mean? Assault? Arson? Vandalism?

Are you wearing a PURPLE shirt?

[Emperor Palpatine]

You must be in a union.

Well, your screen name says it all.

[SIDENET]

Hope the unions make their life miserable.

Well, they've turned places like Detroit into complete hellholes, so they DO have a track record for misery.

[dirtman]

China Mart can pack up and leave. Hope the unions make their life miserable.

You really cant be serious can you?

I thought people that post on FR were generally against the union thugs making peoples lives miserable. Maybe it is time for you to reevaluate your ideology or maybe you are just having a bad day.

If you dont like stuff made in China, there are a lot of other places deserving of your wanting the unions thugs to strong arm them...Toys R Us, Best Buy, Target, Costco, etc...

Are you just picking out Walmart because it is non-union?