[TexasFreeper2009]

total bs.

I am guessing that global warming scientists were the ones that researched this.

[jmaroneps37]

Unions making shiite up and feeding it to the media through a stooge in academia. Say ANYTHING!

[scan59]

Near the bottom of the 1st page it says:

Planned Wal-Mart stores have long met opposition in places such as Chicago, where last year Wal-Mart secured approval to build two new stores after agreeing to use union labor.

I don't believe this is true. With regard to the article, Walmart tends to benefit the poor directly with low prices.

[katiedidit1]

Just watched an interview on Fox News in which Neil Cavuto is very supportive of Walmart. Union thugs and Mom & Pop business’ are opposed and protesting...would be a loss to Brooklyn if Walmart does not open a store there..how dumb are New Yorkers?

[philled]

If this Walmart were to unionize, all the bitching would stop.

[edpc]

...is a tax burden because it does not give health and other benefits to many part-time employees...

When I was in school, many places did not offer benefits unless you worked more than 28 hrs in a pay period. I don't remember my place of employment at that time (a prominent Baltimore hospital) being labeled a tax burden.

[the invisib1e hand]

The decline of America is roughly coincident with the as ascendancy of Walmart. And sealed with Starbucks.

[Steely Tom]

Low-income people in Brooklyn will not tolerate being supplied with the things they use every day at low prices.

They're too smart for that.

[OldDeckHand]

I have to admit, I have very mixed feelings about Walmart. On one hand, I love them primarily because the unions hate them - the enemy of my enemy is my friend, kind of thing.

On the other hand, I'm getting sick of cheap Chinese-made crap. We can't import our way into prosperity. Yes, I appreciate that Walmart, by-in-large provides better access to merchandise in greatly under-served rural communities. I just wish they'd source more of their merchandise from US vendors.

I went to a Walmart last week (in south Florida) to buy some groceries. When I got home, I looked at the bag of garlic I purchased, and on the label were the words, "product of China". Walmart can't find a US supplier for fresh garlic?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

SEIU funds anti-WalMart "studies?"

Who knew?

[NoLibZone]

Liberals.

Trying to stop a fundamentalist religion from building is un American!

FNYC

[UCFRoadWarrior]

I wonder if the Free Trade Communists who praise Wal Mart so much....are ever going to admit that Wal Mart is one of the biggest supporters of ObamaCare and Socialized Medicine?

[Mayr Fortuna]

Woow... Heyaaaahhhh...

I do expect next a prohibition on NY to have New Yorkers...

Whooowwww...

[ColdOne]

The never ending war against the evil non-union Wal-mart.

[bwc2221]

Sam Wall is dead and buried. The company is far from conservative and in recent years has contributed far more to Democrats and liberal causes than Republicans and conservative causes.

[Jim Scott]

I find it ironic that Wal-Mart, a retail enterprise that is often a source of employment for the unskilled and that has grown and prospered for almost 50 years by offering basic necessities at low prices to a largely lower-income clientele is berated and harassed by the left, who always claim to be champions of the poor. Of course, to justify opposing Wal-Mart, the left has to downplay the union angle and pretend that not offering full benefits to it's (mostly) part-time workers is a virtual crime against the poor and of course, the usual argument, apparently 'supported' by 'studies' (forgive my cynicism here) that Wal-Mart 'drives out 'neighborhood stores' that either don't really exist due to crime and the poor economy or simply are not competitive and, like any business, cannot sustain their high prices when competition arrives in the form of Wal-Mart. Gee, I thought that the left would be glad to see residents in poor neighborhoods have an opportunity to purchase needed goods at a lower price than the 'local' stores offer them.

However, just as the left opposes school vouchers and would rather see poor kids in failing schools than oppose the powerful teachers unions, so they oppose Wal-Mart to appease the retail unions and too bad if the poor people they pretend to care so much about get hosed in the process. That they can even convince some of these same folks to come out in the cold and protest Wal-Mart speaks volumes about the utter corruption of the political left in America and the hopelessness for those they pretend to 'help' by denying them the opportunity for a better life via saving what little they have by being able to buy necessities at Wal-Mart or obtaining a much-needed job there - or both, in most cases.

[NonValueAdded]

"The overwhelming weight of the independent research on the impact of Wal-Mart stores ... shows that Wal-Mart depresses area wages and labor benefits ... pushes out more retail jobs than it creates, and results in more retail vacancies," the report concluded.

I can see that as being true but only as far as it goes. Any study based on that alone would be woefully incomplete. WalMart might very well be displacing high paying high benefit union jobs. Furthermore, the economies of scale of a big box store would cause many smaller high-priced retailers out of business.

But what of the increased purchasing power of the community served? How much gets shaved off the average grocery and clothing bills? Where are those savings spent and how many jobs are created or saved as a result.

[RoadTest]

This is a “report” by - — - who? Anonymous?

Maybe the Egyptians targeting reporters are onto something.

[MrEdd]

The tax burden part is a legitimate bust. They also strain the infrastructure more than they make up for. My theory is that when they have water or sewer problems it should be put on a list with the rest of the problems and fixed as it comes to the top of the list.

[count-your-change]

“The overwhelming weight of the independent research on the impact of Wal-Mart stores ... shows that Wal-Mart depresses area wages and labor benefits ... pushes out more retail jobs than it creates, and results in more retail vacancies,” the report concluded.

And obesity, hair loss, peeling paint, ring around the collar, engine knock, etc.