[Dr. Marten]

The Horse's Mouth

[Dr. Marten]

Ping.

[rellimpank]

--hogwash--

[null and void]

Geeeeeeeee, Ray, I'm so sorry they made you buy that banana.

[Jaxter]

When I saw the title I assumed this was going to be a post about Monica Lewinski.

[mewzilla]

I guess this guy would rather we go back to making cars by hand, too?

[Cicero]

If this fellow really feels that strongly about it, why did he buy the banana? Sounds like the Yuppie School of Instant Gratification to me.

[SouthernFreebird]

I fail to see how putting people to work increases medicaid. If they qualify for medicaid while working you can bet they also qualified while not working.

I've worked many locally owned places where my children still qualified for medicaid.

[kentj]

Okey dokey Doc - these jobs are transitional jobs - not careers - people have babies when they are young but they don't stay babies.

Walmart takes a lot of crap from the whiners who have had their way with the local communities sticking them with high prices for decades - well it's over - go Walmart - low prices, good safe jobs, a chance to grow in a company that is needed and wanted - go Walmart - to the rest of you Compete or go to ITT every cent counts.

Instead of bitching about Walmart bitch about the insurance, legal, Union and medical profession - here is a law for you - file a lawsuit and loose it = you spend six months in jail getting taught how to practice safe sex (your the practice dummy). Tort reform school if you will.

[xcamel]

[Toddsterpatriot]

Low prices are good; the more, the better. It's the shifting of Wal-Mart's labor costs onto taxpayers that doesn't sit well. Wal-Mart acknowledges that 46 percent of the children of its employees are uninsured or on Medicaid.

Hmmmmmm.....WalMart should immediately fire all their employees. Then 100% of the children will be uninsured or on Medicaid. We all know that 100% is better than 46%.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Seriously, Wal-Mart should shut down for a good week and see what type of impact it would have on America. What will states do when sales tax receipts dry up?

[PoorMuttly]

The banana that broke the camel's snack.

[Toddsterpatriot]

The more I think about it, that banana I bought did leave a bitter aftertaste.

All your food must taste bitter....with your head up your a$$.

[muir_redwoods]

So oil companies are bad because the they gouge us with high prices and Walmart is bad because their prices aren't high enough. Can anyone make sense out of this position?

[evolved_rage]

The more I think about it, that banana I bought did leave a bitter aftertaste.

Here's a hint: Don't stick it in your butt before you eat it.

[Onelifetogive]

My late stepfather, bless his soul, warned early and often of the evil of out-of-town (-state, -country) conglomerates descending on our small Virginia town and putting his pharmacy...out of business.

This should qualify as "selfish greed"...right?

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

My biggest problem with Wal-Mart is that the banana this guy talks about was probably made in China.

[Onelifetogive]

that foists its workers' family health-care costs on taxpayers...

This I was unaware of. Apparently, Wal-Mart sets the rules for Medicaid eligibility.....

</sarcasm*>

[Onelifetogive]

showed that Wal-Mart increased Medicaid (read "taxpayer") costs...

Ever notice when a liberal supports Federal spending its the "governemnt's" money. When they are against it, its the "taxpayers'" money.

What other time have we ever heard a liberal looking out for "taxpayers"?????

[Swiss]

If his Walmart was like the Walmart I worked at he got ripped off. Bananas usually was 20 cents more than grocery stores nearby but they sold a lot.

It was surprising how much stuff we sold was higher priced than elsewhere but since most Walmart shoppers didn't put the time in to check prices or even to take advantage of our honoring other store ads it was their fault.

Still I suspect some wise retailer could put shops in near Walmart stores called "Cheaper than Walmart" and have a pretty good inventory of goods.