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DC Politicos Block Walmart, Help Special Interests, Hurt The Poor
Townhall.com ^ | July 22, 2013 | Star Parker

Posted on 07/22/2013 4:52:40 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 07/22/2013 4:52:40 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Democrats just want to destroy this country and everything that made it great. I have family members who actually do believe that Bush is responsible for the state of the USA. You can’t fix stupid........or evil.


2 posted on 07/22/2013 5:06:13 AM PDT by originalbuckeye (Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy)
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To: Kaslin

union thugary political interference of free commerce from the nations capitol.

DC sez:

we demand the right to be just like Detroit!!!


3 posted on 07/22/2013 5:07:20 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Yet Washington, DC’s politicians would rather have no new jobs at $12.50 per hour than 900 new jobs at $10.00 per hour.

Now project this over the whole United States. Politicians everywhere prefer to keep union goons happy and the bribes flowing rather than allow employer, employees, and consumers to make choices for themselves.

4 posted on 07/22/2013 5:07:53 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Thomas will explain everything.")
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To: Kaslin

To Democrats, a capitalistic enterprise is fine with them as long as they submit to fascist control. High wages, unrealistic benefits and local government choosing the ‘workers.’

Profit is fine with Democrats, too. As long as the profits do not go to owners or stockholders, but directly back to the local government.

The truth is government couldn’t even change a damned diaper if its life depended on it, much less respond to legitimate citizens’ needs. Disasters are a prime example.

When Walmart has knowledge of impending disasters their logistics machine gets to work in prepositioning, sustainment for affected areas and in replenishment and rebuilding. What does government do? It puts a do-nothing figurehead on a plane and carts his ass around making promises and posing for photo-ops with other local government no-goods. Weeks, months later the problems they promised to fix still exist.

The truth is DC doesn’t deserve a Walmart - any Walmart, or any other consumer outlet. They vote for corrupt and greedy politicians, let them eat the table scraps their icons leave.


5 posted on 07/22/2013 5:07:55 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: originalbuckeye

lets not give Bush a free ride either(not a fan, but would vote for him again in a NY minute rather than have the puke material we have in the oval orifice now)....

......but it is the POSOTUS in office today that turned a recovering economy into a possible great depression and he still has 3.5 years to accomplish it....I have faith that the regime will do their damndest to accomplish it...


6 posted on 07/22/2013 5:13:42 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Kaslin

The politicians are just mad they cant get nough of Walmart’s tax dollars (it ill never be enough) and grandstanding for the brown vote once again. They care nothing about them. Haven’t the browns figured that out? Vote those commie suckers out of office.


7 posted on 07/22/2013 5:19:15 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Profit is fine with Democrats, too. As long as the profits do not go to owners or stockholders, but directly back to the local government.

Amen! It seems to me the primary differences between the feral government and mafia extortion rackets are:

1.) The feral government has a monopoly on the use of law for extortion.

2.) The feral government is free to call it everything but extortion.

3.) Mafia extortionists have more sense than to try to extract everything from businesses.

8 posted on 07/22/2013 5:19:28 AM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: Kaslin
I thought that the mayor was supposed to announce his decision by this past Friday.

Gray's stuck, bug time..he wants to run again. But if he vetoes the bill, he'll be primaried, and lose. That's now he got to be mayor..the previous mayor had appointed Michelle Rhee head of the school system...she tried to clean it up..fire teachers and staff, and she was forced out, and Gray won the primary..

Circle of destruction..

9 posted on 07/22/2013 5:21:53 AM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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Yet Walmart has provided many jobs in the areas that they are located in.


10 posted on 07/22/2013 5:32:12 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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And now you can easily see why Detroit went under. As the union greed continues, “DC” will soon follow as will numerous other cities run by demodumies.


11 posted on 07/22/2013 5:34:04 AM PDT by DaveA37 (I'm for SMALLER , HONEST government)
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To: Progov

Party trumps everything, even race.


12 posted on 07/22/2013 5:43:35 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Kaslin

In plain English:
The Democrats speak often and loudly about their deep concern for the poor, and then formulate plans and schemes that do injury to the poor behind closed doors.
The Republicans speak often and loudly about things that will improve the lot of the poor, but do not speak often enough of their deep concern for the poor.
Guess which is the message getting through to the poor?


13 posted on 07/22/2013 5:53:29 AM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf (NY TIMES: We print the news as it fits our views.)
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To: Kaslin
Why aren't laws likes this considered bill's of attainder and therefore unconstitutional?

It is pretty clear that they are targeting ONE AND ONLY ONE business with this nonsense.

"The sober people of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. They have seen with regret and indignation that sudden changes and legislative interferences, in cases affecting personal rights, become jobs in the hands of enterprising and influential speculators, and snares to the more-industrious and less-informed part of the community." - James Madison Federalist Number 44, 1788

14 posted on 07/22/2013 6:02:51 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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Oops, that is “bills of attainder” not “bill’s” of course.
Last time I did that I got yelled at here.


15 posted on 07/22/2013 6:06:18 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: The Free Engineer

Oops, that is “bills of attainder” not “bill’s” of course.
Last time I did that I got yelled at here.


16 posted on 07/22/2013 6:06:19 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: Progov

Even in Detroit you can open a big box store. A new Meijer store has opened or will open soon at the corner of 8 Mile and Woodward. There is no Walmart in Detroit but there is one in Dearborn and another in Southgate.

Meijer is unionized but still keep their prices competitive and they appear to have a good competitive relationship with Walmart. Here in Jackson county there are two Meijer stores, a Walmart and a Sam’s club.

I personally prefer Meijer but have a Sam’s club membership for bulk items.


17 posted on 07/22/2013 6:06:39 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Kaslin
The District’s city council has passed a bill, awaiting signature of the Mayor, specifically targeted to block Walmart. It raises the District’s minimum wage 50 percent to $12.50 per hour only for stores with more than $1 billion in sales and store size of more the 75,000 square feet.

My, how Detroitesque of the council. Who can blame Wal*Mart for saying FU?

18 posted on 07/22/2013 6:12:46 AM PDT by upchuck (To the faceless, jack-booted government bureaucrat who just scanned this post: SCREW YOU!)
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To: Kaslin

“They” don’t want jobs anyway; they want the gubmint check while being able to COMPLAIN that there are no jobs!


19 posted on 07/22/2013 6:38:24 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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I like Walmart despite the lack of employees when you need assistance and the repeated loss of groceries left in the bag carousel. The reasons? Low prices on most items and, usually, a good selection. And the alternatives have their own drawbacks, plus higher prices.


20 posted on 07/22/2013 7:08:31 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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