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MJJP21

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Sun Nov 25, 2012, 02:48 PM

Nov 2012

If I'm not mistaken someone did a piece on Target awhile back and employees of Target are compensated much better than Walmart.

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Why Walmart is the leader in low wages? [View all] nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Nov 2012 #1

Who do you demand higher wages from when they automate your job away? dkf Nov 2012 #2

Whoosh!!!!! nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #4

But in an economy where your labor is of no value it is impossible to build capital. Fumesucker Nov 2012 #9

Ideas, innovation, and things that cannot be replaced by technology will be of value. dkf Nov 2012 #13

Ideas are a dime a dozen in hundred dozen lots Fumesucker Nov 2012 #17

Well if you are talking about a society that far advanced we probably need a small sliver dkf Nov 2012 #19

Some smallish percentage of the population will be creative no matter what Fumesucker Nov 2012 #21

re: walmart's pricing leftyohiolib Nov 2012 #3

I am talking of the excuses nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #6

I never find all that great deals at Walmart and I like the clothes at Target much better. dkf Nov 2012 #20

Anti-union, are you? WinkyDink Nov 2012 #33

That's pretty damn clear. BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #45

If MJJP21 Nov 2012 #54

You hear it from nearly all conservatives rich, poor and in between. liberal N proud Nov 2012 #5

In church no less nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #8

But we have to pay CEOs as much as possible, so they will work harder... arcane1 Nov 2012 #7

That old saying of eyes of the needle nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #10

Disagree, Walmart is more competitive because it uses labor more efficiently, buys from suppliers at jody Nov 2012 #11

Yes I would have it another way nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #12

You do understand that if government imposed your "living wage" aka minimum wage that jody Nov 2012 #15

I suggest you read this carefully nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #29

Please read my statement again very carefully. nt jody Nov 2012 #61

What you used are heritage foundation talking points nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #64

ROFL! I was going to reply with a challenge worthy of academic discourse but I realize it would jody Nov 2012 #67

They did set the theory of value though nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #77

"Would you have it any other way?" Why, yes, yes I would prefer something other than Walmart Capi- WinkyDink Nov 2012 #34

Anyone including you is free to compete with Walmart and force it out of business with lower prices jody Nov 2012 #62

well i don't know about usung labor more efficiently, blondie58 Nov 2012 #50

Do you object to the stores from which you purchase products, buying from their lowest supplier and jody Nov 2012 #63

I love heritage foundation talking points in the afternoon. nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #82

LOL you could enhance your education by studying something other than the "heritage foundation" to jody Nov 2012 #83

So now you are reduced to personal attacks? nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #85

More laughs, have a blissful evening. nt jody Nov 2012 #88

You are the one who assumed I had little training in the social sciences nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #90

Walmart started out in rural areas where wages and living costs are both lower than average FarCenter Nov 2012 #14

The poor are poor because they don't have the skills we pay a premium for. dkf Nov 2012 #16

aka supply versus demand. nt jody Nov 2012 #18

Exactly. I know it's an unappealing thought that we aren't treasured as individuals, dkf Nov 2012 #23

Funny how some ignore those basic facts when watching professional athletes perform and receive jody Nov 2012 #65

It's a two-way street jeff47 Nov 2012 #24

Thank you for the new age version of the OP nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #32

Degree in what? Is that something an employer would benefit from and is looking for? dkf Nov 2012 #37

You really need to do some homework nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #41

I've read your posts to this thread and you evade the obvious by trying to dismiss the post with jody Nov 2012 #66

erm, pardon me jody OxQQme Nov 2012 #76

How would you simplify the economic challenges that every society faces? What is the relevance of jody Nov 2012 #78

Now you insert eugenics? nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #79

Another evasion, soon readers will conclude you are incapable of answering simple questions. nt jody Nov 2012 #81

No, not an evasion nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #84

Only idots would reach that conclusion. Why don't you address the thoughtful posts to your OP? nt jody Nov 2012 #86

Another personal attack nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #87

Goodbye. nt jody Nov 2012 #89

Putting me on ignore? nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #91

So, it's okay if eventually the only employees are Amazonian aborigines? WinkyDink Nov 2012 #35

What does it matter if its "okay" or not? dkf Nov 2012 #40

Master, give me less. nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #42

Check out some of the postings on this thread: raccoon Nov 2012 #97

That's why there should be labor laws in place to protect the people. 2ndAmForComputers Nov 2012 #98

Really? Prove up your claim. flvegan Nov 2012 #100

It's common sense. Why else would a person get paid less? dkf Nov 2012 #101

You know what, I'm going to leave this here. flvegan Nov 2012 #102

You are so correct. jwirr Nov 2012 #22

Absolutely. The discussion is framed in corporate and capitalistic terms Gman Nov 2012 #25

Nailed it nadin. Class warfare from the top is ancient and we must unite against it in our hearts. freshwest Nov 2012 #26

If anything it is class warfare from within. People choose where they shop and what they buy. dkf Nov 2012 #28

Well, aren't we special... nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #31

So the problems of Capitalism lie with the CONSUMER! All-righty, then. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #38

Actually, it's deeper than that. 99Forever Nov 2012 #27

Realize in the Elizabethan age most were poor nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #30

I think they'd prefer that we did not live. Period. Too many people. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #39

Only if we buy into it with our egos. That's our fault, not theirs. We don't have to buy it. freshwest Nov 2012 #36

"We?" 99Forever Nov 2012 #53

'We' is a general term. 'We' are not trapped and weak. 'Crap' is a challenge, not a life sentence. freshwest Nov 2012 #55

Ahhh yes... 99Forever Nov 2012 #56

You don't know me, or how badly I was beaten down. For some of us, there is only up. freshwest Nov 2012 #58

One part of the problem is that most people SheilaT Nov 2012 #43

It is not just the leader in low wages pandr32 Nov 2012 #44

It's probably only the leader because it has the MOST employees at low salaries. ancianita Nov 2012 #46

We need to do what Adam Smith suggested... nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #47

Agreed. Here's a map of WalMart salaries relative to minimum wages in states. ancianita Nov 2012 #48

The number of hours counts too TexasBushwhacker Nov 2012 #95

Too true. countmyvote4real Nov 2012 #49

That's a myth. K-Mart is CONSISTENTLY lower in prices than WalMart. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #51

I am talking of a general attitude by the rich to keep the poor nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #57

No argument there. That's their entire purpose. Suck money out of the system. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #59

"morons fall for it"? You condemn DUers who buy from WalMart over K-Mart for that reason. nt jody Nov 2012 #68

Well, WalMart does run a scam with the prices and people fall for it - DUers or not. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #70

Any idea how many of those morons are DUers? nt jody Nov 2012 #71

I doubt very many. It just doesn't fit the member profiles. Most are freepers. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #72

Don't all DUers who buy from WalMart qualify as morons in some little way? nt jody Nov 2012 #73

Well I know I do. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #96

As do I. Prices are competitive, service excellent, and excellent selection from items stocked. nt jody Nov 2012 #99

yep libodem Nov 2012 #52

K&R! Calvinism certainly is part of it. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #60

The problem is that they have become such a big employer union_maid Nov 2012 #69

This betrays a much simpler reason Major Nikon Nov 2012 #74

Yes, but I am talking of the philosophical underpinnings of this nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #80

I honestly don't think they put that much thought into it Major Nikon Nov 2012 #92

It is not the though process nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #93

I think you are being kind. The healthcare issue..let them die in the streets...is even more cynical libdem4life Nov 2012 #75

Because people expect it. More specifically, they're not fighting it when it's given to them. Brickbat Nov 2012 #94