[Clintonfatigued]

Companies like Wal-Mart give free enterprise and capitalism a bad name. Socialists should thank them for the free propoganda.

[flashbunny]

All of this could be solved if we eliminated those federal assistance program.

Voila. Problem vanishes.

[BluH2o]

That's BS put forth by retail unions. Fact is ... there are tow motor operators at WalMart distribution centers around the country that are millionaires ... thanks to WalMart stock option plans.

[Ruddles]

Wal-Mart, the Haliburton of retail.

[dts32041]

And unions solve problems for the workers how.

I know they give them some of the vig from loan sharks.

[popdonnelly]

Wait a minute, how did they conclude that Walmart's wages and benefits were "inadequate"?

[Rodney King]

Because of Wal-Mart's inadequate wages and benefits, Wal-Mart employees are eligible for $2.5 billion in Federal assistance, which comes from your tax dollars.

And if those jobs didn't exist, the cost would be even more.

[gogipper]

No! No! You are supposed to attack Wal-Mart on the weekend!

[sailor4321]

Obviously there is something wrong with the level at which Federal assistance programs are pegged...

[popdonnelly]

What about the economic benefit to the people who buy stuff at Walmart? There sure seem to be a lot of them.

[Jolly Green]

Just for kicks, why don't you start a business of your own...

and report back to us once a year. That should be a real education for you.

[A CA Guy]

It isn't WalMart's fault that the people who work their don't have hardly any marketable skills.

If they can get a job with good pay, they would have one.

Nobody said working at WalMart gave you the ability to buy your own home, medical insurance and to have a maid.

More than likely, the common single WalMart employee would live with several people and RENT, could get health insurance but would have to clean their own dishes.

What a stupid website.

[flada]

Last I checked, no one was forcing anyone to work at Wal-Mart or shop at Wal-Mart. And the Rosetta Whasername from Illinois, I have to call BS on her story from the start. None of the employees are "locked in" the Sam's Club stores overnight. One, that would be false imprisonment. Two, it would violate fire codes. The doors in every Sam's Club I've ever been in (and the majority of other retail stores for that matter) lock to prevent entry--not to prevent exit. Is Rosetta Whasername alleging that the "big, bad boss" chained the doors?

[CyberAnt]

Please understand where these attacks are coming from. Her name is Mrs. HEINZ-KERRY. And .. she is funding ultra left-wing activist groups, through her Tides Foundation, who are attacking Wal-Mart.

She's all upset because the unions can't get a foothold inside Wal-Mart - and because Wal-Mart donates a lot more money to repubs than to dems.

People want low prices .. the only way that can happen is when the store owner keeps expenses LOW too. So .. Wal-Mart doesn't hire very many full-time employees and therefore doesn't have to supply the part-timers with health-care benefits. This keeps the costs down and keeps prices down.

[sailor4321]

An obvious example of this is California's "Healthy Families" program which provides free medical to those covered. The program applies to families (legal or not) whose income is equal to or less than twice the Federal poverty level (for a family of four, that's about $40,000 per year!). So, a liberal state passes out an incredible freebie and then interest groups such as labor unions use this program to demogogue an employer such as Walmart. Other interest groups use the same data to lobby for State control of health care on the basis of the number or percentage of "uninsured" --- when the people covered are simply making the logical decision not to pay for insurance when state programs already insure they don't need it.

[patriciaruth]

I like Wal-Mart.

I buy stuff for the troops there, and their generic meds are the most inexpensive, and they let me sit at a table in front during election years to pass out information on candidates.

Our unemployment rate here is around 20%, so the distribution center and the store have created jobs that were needed.

I don't buy their made in China items.

[Aliska]

Wal Mart is the big first among probably many to come, some already here, causing a lowering of employee wages. There are many, many smaller outfits who don't pay a living wage.

Just because their business practices are legal doesn't mean they are moral.

They, like others, use part-time employment to dodge having to pay benefits. Few except the upper echelon full-time employees are paid a living wage on that job alone.

I'd sign the petition if I saw any hope of changing. I don't like to shop there or any of the mega stores that look like warehouses no matter how many lights, bells, whistles and promos they have. I do make an exception to shop at Aldi's sometimes.

[MonroeDNA]

OK with me, if it shuts down more unions.

[somniferum]

Ive said it before and Ill say it again.

LAMEST ANTI-WALMART ARGUEMENT EVER!

I always ask, and never get an answer...

What is a fair wage for shelf-stockers and cashiers? $6-8/hr sounds fair to me.

This is just a thinly veiled push for 'Living Wage' legislation wrapped up in anti-Walmart hysteria, which too many freepers buy into unfortunately.

[Doctor Raoul]

All those poor Air America employees. They had to get part time jobs at WalMart so they'd be covered by health insurance.