Too late! (Reply #44) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: Wal-Mart plans $50 billion "buy American" push [View all]

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 10:56 AM

hatrack (44,946 posts)

44. Too late!

It's not just that Wal-Fucking-Mart remains the industry standard for outsourcing jobs and buying cheap Chinese crap, and has been for 30 years and more now.

It's that their bullshit is oh-so-transparent. Like they're ever going to be believed on a PR move like this. It is to laugh.

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55 replies	Author	Time	Post
Wal-Mart plans $50 billion "buy American" push [View all]	Redfairen	Jan 2013	OP
hmm, perhaps if they hadn't outsourced all their manufacturing to other countries, they would	niyad	Jan 2013	#1
I've only been to Walmart 4 times in my life, and I'm 55. And I don't think I've spent more than	kestrel91316	Jan 2013	#8
My opinion of Walmart is unchanged	DissidentVoice	Jan 2013	#22
A day late and a dollar short	Populist_Prole	Jan 2013	#2
I agree - it's likely to be a scam. Someone like the groups watching them may report back.	freshwest	Jan 2013	#17
My mother worked for a company that...	Dr Hobbitstein	Jan 2013	#36
Oh wow. I remember the original 'Buy American' WalMart. Back then it wasn't hard to find USA made.	freshwest	Jan 2013	#37
Big Woo... That translates to 5 Billion a year over 10 years. They spend 262 Billion annually now.	Ellipsis	Jan 2013	#3
^this^	Viva_La_Revolution	Jan 2013	#19
It will all be produce	DollarBillHines	Jan 2013	#51
milk	Ellipsis	Jan 2013	#54
That's it	DollarBillHines	Jan 2013	#55
Too little, too late	Canuckistanian	Jan 2013	#4
Unfortunately it will work on the lowest common denominator, which is what they intend anyway. nt	RiverSong	Jan 2013	#6
Yup	Canuckistanian	Jan 2013	#9
Same with their "hiring veterans" PR stunt	OswegoAtheist	Jan 2013	#39
My thoughts exactly	customerserviceguy	Jan 2013	#15
Precisely	Sherman A1	Jan 2013	#30
CYA evasive PR.	alp227	Jan 2013	#5
Sam started out 'ALL AMERICAN' It was his greedy offspring that went to Chinese and India products.	appleannie1	Jan 2013	#7
I think the problem really started	Art_from_Ark	Jan 2013	#42
How about all those ex-G.I.'s at	Wellstone ruled	Jan 2013	#10
Means more proprietary items...which I would never buy from Wal*Mart.	Tikki	Jan 2013	#11
This from the undisputed king of third world sweatshop production	primavera	Jan 2013	#12
.....	DainBramaged	Jan 2013	#13
When Sam was alive, the used to promote locally made products in their stores.	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#14
you do remember that dear old sam managed for years to get out of paying even minimum wage,	niyad	Jan 2013	#20
I was an Auditor for the Retail Clerks Union in the late '60s early '70s.	xtraxritical	Jan 2013	#26
But he also made a lot of cashiers in those days retire as millionaires	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#32
please cite actual stats for that	niyad	Jan 2013	#35
Pretty shitty family if you ask me, paying below minimum wage. nt	Selatius	Jan 2013	#41
Many, many times, "made in USA" means assembled in USA. Was actually manufactured in China, etc.	patricia92243	Jan 2013	#16
Exactly. Gap and Hillfinger made pants in Saipan which is U.S. territory	Left Coast2020	Jan 2013	#28
what a joke	matt819	Jan 2013	#18
If Walmart is concerned about the economy, they should pay their workers living wages.	diane in sf	Jan 2013	#21
Sorry I can't add a bitchy Walmart post...	OneMoreDemocrat	Jan 2013	#23
Well,	Sherman A1	Jan 2013	#31
As noted both above and below, 2% of their purchases	hatrack	Jan 2013	#45
I don't detect a pattern here	brentspeak	Jan 2013	#49
$50 billion/10 years = 2% of their purchases. And ask Vlasic how being in a Walmart "helps business"	PSPS	Jan 2013	#24
Exactly. 98% still made in China.	jsr	Jan 2013	#25
Yes. An average $5 bil out of $446 bil annually	KurtNYC	Jan 2013	#46
This message was self-deleted by its author	keithmkr59255us	Jan 2013	#27
I wonder how they will define "made in the U.S.}?	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#29
A few end cap products...big deal	Earth_First	Jan 2013	#33
Thought they'd already bought America. n/t	malthaussen	Jan 2013	#34
How about some health care, assholes?	cbrer	Jan 2013	#38
"Made in America' WAS the Walmart motto -try finding an image on the internet	underpants	Jan 2013	#40
If they do this, pay above minimum wage, and offer their employees some benefits	Drahthaardogs	Jan 2013	#43
Too late!	hatrack	Jan 2013	#44
In Hawaii they have an area for locally made items -	lynne	Jan 2013	#47
they must be in trouble	samsingh	Jan 2013	#48
WOW! 5 billion a year! What's that like 1% of their annual sales?	Incitatus	Jan 2013	#50
What crap....	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#52
Made in a prison is still Made in America. http://www.scprisonindustries.com/ NT	eilen	Jan 2013	#53

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