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In reply to the discussion: Why Walmart is the leader in low wages? [View all]ancianita
(36,053 posts)46. It's probably only the leader because it has the MOST employees at low salaries.
If you can call them that.
The true problem is really what WalMart costs the rest of Americans.
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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
Well if you are talking about a society that far advanced we probably need a small sliver
dkf
Nov 2012
#19
I never find all that great deals at Walmart and I like the clothes at Target much better.
dkf
Nov 2012
#20
Disagree, Walmart is more competitive because it uses labor more efficiently, buys from suppliers at
jody
Nov 2012
#11
You do understand that if government imposed your "living wage" aka minimum wage that
jody
Nov 2012
#15
ROFL! I was going to reply with a challenge worthy of academic discourse but I realize it would
jody
Nov 2012
#67
"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
Do you object to the stores from which you purchase products, buying from their lowest supplier and
jody
Nov 2012
#63
LOL you could enhance your education by studying something other than the "heritage foundation" to
jody
Nov 2012
#83
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
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
Degree in what? Is that something an employer would benefit from and is looking for?
dkf
Nov 2012
#37
I've read your posts to this thread and you evade the obvious by trying to dismiss the post with
jody
Nov 2012
#66
How would you simplify the economic challenges that every society faces? What is the relevance of
jody
Nov 2012
#78
Another evasion, soon readers will conclude you are incapable of answering simple questions. nt
jody
Nov 2012
#81
Only idots would reach that conclusion. Why don't you address the thoughtful posts to your OP? nt
jody
Nov 2012
#86
That's why there should be labor laws in place to protect the people.
2ndAmForComputers
Nov 2012
#98
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
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' is a general term. 'We' are not trapped and weak. 'Crap' is a challenge, not a life sentence.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#55
You don't know me, or how badly I was beaten down. For some of us, there is only up.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#58
It's probably only the leader because it has the MOST employees at low salaries.
ancianita
Nov 2012
#46
Agreed. Here's a map of WalMart salaries relative to minimum wages in states.
ancianita
Nov 2012
#48
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
I doubt very many. It just doesn't fit the member profiles. Most are freepers.
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#72
As do I. Prices are competitive, service excellent, and excellent selection from items stocked. nt
jody
Nov 2012
#99
I think you are being kind. The healthcare issue..let them die in the streets...is even more cynical
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#75