UPDATE: Wal-Mart has issued a statement regarding The Wall Street Journal article outlining how it's warning employees to beware of voting for Democrats.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/01/wal-mart-warns-workers-of_n_116279.html

They'll say anything in order to pay a subliving wage.

But of course . . . they're among the most anti-union companies ever. FK Walmart.

Another great reason not to shop there.

Absolutely.

I don't.

Would much rather just have a little less and support small business.

FraudMart/CommieMart isn't just anti-union... they're anti-everyone.
"The High Cost of Low Price" is great, even though it's now a few years old. Worth a viewing if you haven't seen it already.

I almost got kicked off of disability when i worked part time at Walmart when we opened the store in 1981! I worked there for 5 years. They would not even work with Social Security and complete paperwork to keep me in the system and in housing.
They kept making me work 28-30 hours per week, when they knew i couldn't gross more than $500 per month. My brother had to go to Portland and tell the judge what goes on and they kept me on SSI, and they made him and his wife my payee just to make sure the rules are followed on our end.

I agree. Close all Wal-Mart's.

That way all those employees will be on welfare. That would be a Liberal Democrats dream situation.

" That way all those employees will be on welfare. "

Wait. What? Why would that happen?

That way all those employees will be on welfare.

Well, they are already on foodstamps and are sucking the rest of us dry with increased medical insurance costs.

I'd say we chop down the WalMart signs and put up Freddies. Pay em union scale and they'll all have health insurance. They'll also not qualify for food stamps.

The down side, of course, is a huge cutback in the amount of cash going to Bentonville, AK and a huge layoff of eldery "greeters." But it sounds like a reasonable tradeoff to me.

FY Sam Walton! You could have been a bit nicer to everyone when you were alive, AH! I'll spit on your grave for sucking the life out of employees everywhere just so you could roll in dough and brag about "winning" the American Dream. With any luck at all you're roomed with Ken Lay in God's "special place".

The problem with the welfare issue in general is corporations think they should pay little or nothing in corporate taxes, their execs think they should pay little or nothing in personal taxes, they don't pay employees enough to pay taxes, which drains the social services the company and execs despise as being "anti-business," but the employees need to survive.

One of the pro-market statements I hear all the time is people are being paid what they're worth and should have the money to buy whatever they need. However, if the company is paying them $7.95/hr. and making $10/hr. or whatever in profit (not just income, profit) from that employee, than IMO there's a problem.

Wait. What? Why would that happen?

Maybe because they'd be unemployed?????

If you like Wal-Mart shop there.

If you don't like Wal-Mart, don't shop there.

See...Easy solution. Quit complaining.

But then again the libs and union folks would have nothing to piss and moan about. (Although I'm sure that they'd find something.)

Why doesn't someone ask the people that work there if they'd rather be unemployed or work at Wal-Mart? Nobody is forcing them to work there.

I’m going to continue to shop there and at Winco. Why would I be stupid enough to pay 50%+ more for something at Safeway or Albertsons or Fred Meyer?

Here’s an example; a pound of Tillamook butter is about $2.28 at Winco and about the same at Wal-Mart. It is well over $4 at Safeway, Albertsons and Fred’s. Stupid to pay more.

That cheap butter is subsidized with your own tax dollars because WAL*MART does not pay enough for a very large percentage of it's employees to make it without government assistance.

Why would I be stupid enough to pay 50%+ more for something at Safeway or Albertsons or Fred Meyer?

How about because these employees would be able to afford to be your customers?

Perhaps you can do a survey and see how many WalMart employees vs the other 3 buy or use services or products from your business.

If there was a quality difference (or a service level difference) in an item, I don't have an issue paying more for it.

I buy my meat at Butcher Boys or Gartner’s and probably pay a little than I would at Winco, but I think it's a better quality and I can get what I want.

I buy my Parmesan Reggiano and my Pecorino Romano cheese at Pasta Works because it's better cheese. Sure I could buy the stuff in the green plastic bottle at the supermarket, but I'm willing to pay the difference for quality.

However, when it’s the EXACT same item, I want to purchase it at the lowest price I can. There is no reason to pay more for something if you don't have to. (Unless you’re Bill Gates or something!)

However, when it’s the EXACT same item, I want to purchase it at the lowest price I can. There is no reason to pay more for something if you don't have to.

How about something out of the trunk of someone's car? The exact same thing. New in a box?

There is a line one doesn't cross. I draw mine at WalMart.

I'm all for businesses having a wide open market to do what they want, but likewise, I'm all for employees with an option to unionize to keep a balance between profit and greed. WalMart employs hundreds of employees in their main office whose sole job is to keep unions at bay. They want their greed AND profit. So, once again, FY Sam Walton.

Anyway, if people want to by cheap new goods out of a trunk of a car or at WalMart, I can't stop them, likewise they can't stop me from pointing out that they're buying from thugs.

I can find a better product although unreliable in terms of inventory at Grocery Outlet and at the same time pay less than you would end up paying for virtually all the same products at Smallfart. And fuck the Walton's they might as well as crawl into there bomb shelter now rather than later.

"Here’s an example; a pound of Tillamook butter is about $2.28 at Winco and about the same at Wal-Mart. It is well over $4 at Safeway, Albertsons and Fred’s. Stupid to pay more."

Wait.....what? I just bought a pound of T'mook butter at Fred's on Saturday and paid $2.99 each......50% markup? Huh??
*scratches head*

Of course, in the end my *total* on the receipt came to $9.69 which is well over $4, counting tax and the container of ice cream I also bought......I assume that's what you meant, isn't it Skybill??

I still won't shop at Wal-fart tho. So stop trying to coerce me into doing so. NO NO YOU CAN'T MAKE ME BAHAAAHAHAAHAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

*presses large red button on wall*