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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 08:07 PM

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130 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Most Addictive Infographic About Walmart's Greed We've Ever Seen [View all]	Playinghardball	Jan 2013	OP
But they sell guns....so that makes it ok.	jorno67	Jan 2013	#1
Dang! That is brilliant!	tblue	Jan 2013	#2
Don't most employees also have a Medicaid card for health insurance?	SharonAnn	Jan 2013	#42
Plus, don't forget the amount of money that Walmart	glowing	Jan 2013	#62
Walmart even has a phrase for it. It's called externalizing costs.	brush	Jan 2013	#105
rec and kick	Angry Dragon	Jan 2013	#3
Nice job..	russspeakeasy	Jan 2013	#4
K&R	lark	Jan 2013	#5
Awesome graphic. K&R n/t	FSogol	Jan 2013	#6
K&R! n/t	ceile	Jan 2013	#7
Beautiful. K&R.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#8
Bless the job creators!	SCVDem	Jan 2013	#9
Each of the Waltons have $20 billion	fasttense	Jan 2013	#10
Exactly how Wal-fare is defined:	alp227	Jan 2013	#87
K & R Should send this to every RW nut job we know. Outstanding. n/t	Fla Dem	Jan 2013	#11
AMEN	jinx1	Jan 2013	#60
Very nicely done	Demo_Chris	Jan 2013	#12
K&R!!!!	gateley	Jan 2013	#13
K&R	SunSeeker	Jan 2013	#14
I regret . . .	Brigid	Jan 2013	#15
"If you work hard and play by the rules"	PatSeg	Jan 2013	#16
My mom's advice: NEVER play by their rules.	aquart	Jan 2013	#19
A corporation that declares a profit while debiting the nation is a parasite.	aquart	Jan 2013	#17
+1000 nt	abelenkpe	Jan 2013	#30
Why I won't shop at WalMart, and haven't in over a decade.	SheilaT	Jan 2013	#18
Wait... she makes $11 an hour to run a friggin' cash register?	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#20
All you've done is make an argument for a higher minimum wage.	Romulus Quirinus	Jan 2013	#23
You're looking at it the wrong way bob...	bluesbassman	Jan 2013	#24
oh for god's sake. farcical.	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#25
I think this is being used as an example of corporate welfare.	redstatebluegirl	Jan 2013	#26
If they get 40 hours	eaglesfanintn	Jan 2013	#31
Preaching to the choir	redstatebluegirl	Jan 2013	#36
Which brings us back to Unionism. Unions negotiating wages benefits even non-union workers	JaneyVee	Jan 2013	#50
So your argument is everyone should be paid less	SomethingFishy	Jan 2013	#29
Where to begin...	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#33
So instead of fighting FOR higher wages for home-aides you would rather lower Wal-Mart salaries?	JaneyVee	Jan 2013	#54
You're being obtuse - though not deliberately I suspect.	laundry_queen	Jan 2013	#104
Exactly	Benton D Struckcheon	Jan 2013	#124
people who don't do	Meaniepants	Jan 2013	#122
Others make less and work harders so she should make less?	abelenkpe	Jan 2013	#32
Argumentum ad Misericordiam... Google it.	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#38
How do you know her job doesn't require any skills? The graphic doesn't say what she does at Walmart	smokey nj	Jan 2013	#40
It's implied she is a basic employee...	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#46
So Walmart isn't the problem, the people who think their employees should be paid better wages are	smokey nj	Jan 2013	#55
"Good Capitalists" Have Gone There	erpowers	Jan 2013	#80
a fundamental shift in people's viewpoints	BlancheSplanchnik	Jan 2013	#85
I take it you've never worked at Walmart	jmowreader	Jan 2013	#94
Consider this also	King_Klonopin	Jan 2013	#110
You are on the wrong site	FiveGoodMen	Jan 2013	#41
Why is that?	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#48
Just to take one example, we will always need garbage men	FiveGoodMen	Jan 2013	#52
And garbage men aren't Walmart greeters.	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#59
Your thinking is bizarre. We're not supposed to be tearing others down, but lifting all up.	JaneyVee	Jan 2013	#56
Good point.	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#63
Labor is labor, regardless of its social impact	leftstreet	Jan 2013	#70
You couldn't have made a better point.	UtahLib	Jan 2013	#69
We need to do BOTH!	JimDandy	Jan 2013	#98
"someone driving food to homebound seniors"	eShirl	Jan 2013	#112
Yeah whatever republican	abelenkpe	Jan 2013	#47
What, you can't handle a logical fallacy,	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#57
That's the way it works in a capitalist society	laundry_queen	Jan 2013	#106
So Why Do You Have A Problem With Wal-Mart Paying Its Workers More Money?	erpowers	Jan 2013	#76
Ignorentum ad Foreveriam	snort	Jan 2013	#103
Darwinian Socialism - Google it	newthinking	Jan 2013	#111
Post removed	Post removed	Jan 2013	#35
Well, THAT was insightful...	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#39
You belong at freerepublic	abelenkpe	Jan 2013	#49
no, i'm pretty satisfied with my original response to your dickish post..	frylock	Jan 2013	#58
Really? People wioth a college degree who make less than $11 an hour with no benefits, no sick days	SharonAnn	Jan 2013	#44
It's far more common than you realize...	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#65
LOL	bongbong	Jan 2013	#45
+1 for Mathematics. (n/t)	klook	Jan 2013	#53
The reality is that at $11/hr she makes $22,800 a year...	bluesbassman	Jan 2013	#64
Now subtract the necessities	bongbong	Jan 2013	#67
The simple fact is that it's immoral not to pay a living wage.	OnionPatch	Jan 2013	#66
Any job is worth what it brings in to the employer in profits	bhikkhu	Jan 2013	#91
Who said anything	sulphurdunn	Jan 2013	#92
You just argued against yourself.	Ikonoklast	Jan 2013	#99
Every worker, working every job, is entitled to a real living wage.	morningfog	Jan 2013	#101
So down the line you'll be for exterminating these people, right?	JackRiddler	Jan 2013	#117
Here, this should warm your heart - a *** thinking a waiter being tipped 18% is too much when God	progree	Jan 2013	#125
In a nutshell	madokie	Jan 2013	#21
But, but, but...	bluesbassman	Jan 2013	#22
Hey Paul Ryan!!! Want to know who the real takers are in society?	Initech	Jan 2013	#27
very good!	limpyhobbler	Jan 2013	#28
Superb.	Lizzie Poppet	Jan 2013	#34
I'm actually surprised she makes $11 per hour. nt	naaman fletcher	Jan 2013	#37
K&R!	sheshe2	Jan 2013	#43
nicely designed	Liberal_in_LA	Jan 2013	#51
That's why I will never step into another Walmart EVER	Rider3	Jan 2013	#61
Great graphic	exboyfil	Jan 2013	#68
apple made a 42 billion dollar profit last year	Mosby	Jan 2013	#71
Not Talking About Unions	erpowers	Jan 2013	#73
Then why is there an obsession about retail?	Mosby	Jan 2013	#78
Here's One	erpowers	Jan 2013	#82
wow, that's great	Mosby	Jan 2013	#83
Because they hate Walmart.	aptal	Jan 2013	#102
Right, Walmart should cut their wages to zero so Walmart can lower their prices and make them better	progree	Jan 2013	#127
That Is Not Accurate	erpowers	Feb 2013	#128
It would probably also increase inflation	aptal	Feb 2013	#130
These are the reasons I have not set foot in a Walmart since	indepat	Jan 2013	#72
But, PROFITS are AMERICAN! Wur nummer wun!	Fire Walk With Me	Jan 2013	#74
Outstanding !!! - K & R !!!	WillyT	Jan 2013	#75
So why isn't there a movement to start tipping Walmart employees?	dkf	Jan 2013	#77
I'm guessing because they aren't allowed to take it.	laundry_queen	Jan 2013	#107
Yeah, that would fix everything...	Hissyspit	Jan 2013	#113
It keeps Walmart low cost for those who can't afford it yet gives an avenue for those who can afford	dkf	Jan 2013	#121
Elected Democrats have a plan to fix this. Here it is:	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2013	#79
That is brilliant	tavalon	Jan 2013	#81
Walmart pays Faith shit wages because Faith accepts it.	Brickbat	Jan 2013	#84
This is great! K&R!	smirkymonkey	Jan 2013	#86
Shared!	calimary	Jan 2013	#88
Wish I had BILLIONS and BILLIONS of recs to give this. The Waltons are welfare queens (and kings.)	beac	Jan 2013	#89
Walmart reflects your average human character, though.	DaveJ	Jan 2013	#90
O.K., I just read a book!	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#93
The real terrorists on this planet are corporate terrorists.	Initech	Jan 2013	#95
THAT was BRILLIANT. O.M. G.	LittleGirl	Jan 2013	#96
reply to find later	rurallib	Jan 2013	#97
Brilliant, Playinghardball, simply brilliant!	another_liberal	Jan 2013	#100
Sickening	colsohlibgal	Jan 2013	#108
K&R	PrezHillary2016	Jan 2013	#109
I'VE GOT IT! FAITH JUST NEEDS TO HIRE A GOOD TEAM OF LOBBIESTS AND MAKE LOTS OF CONTRIBUTION$	drynberg	Jan 2013	#114
There is a simple sure fire solution: UNIONIZE and demand fair pay and benefits.	olegramps	Jan 2013	#115
Ironic	Freethinker65	Jan 2013	#116
Change always starts from a realization from inside and any object in motion tends to stay in motion	nolabels	Jan 2013	#118
the graphic is not effective marketing	datasuspect	Jan 2013	#119
Former WalMart CEO Lee Scott said, regarding the Employee Free Choice Act:	HughBeaumont	Jan 2013	#120
#FiveDollarDay	NewYorkTaxPayer	Jan 2013	#123
Pretty damn good example of communicating .....	oldhippie	Jan 2013	#126
Like a virus	baldguy	Feb 2013	#129

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