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OK, so you prefer monopolies over actual free market. I see.
Is walmart on the ballot yet?
How's it a monopoly? Anyone can do it. This puts the left in a real bind. Do they continue their pathological hate of WalMart, simply because it's WalMart or do they concede that WalMart is part of the solution even though it doesn't involve taxes and or the government? My guess would be the former.
I'm not sure if that was in response to me, but if it was I must not have articulated my point properly. sorry about that. I meant that they're coming up with alternate solutions that don't involve the government and the raising of taxes which almost all on the left advocate.
I'm not sure if that was in response to me, but if it was I must not have articulated my point properly. sorry about that. I meant that they're coming up with alternate solutions that don't involve the government and the raising of taxes which almost all on the left advocate.
And there in lies the problem , this is just incomprehensible for the left!
So good to see so many people actually defending good , sound, policy by Walmart. I was getting worried at the many elitist attitudes on here who think that paying more means getting better. If Walmart can do it then why can't the other industries follow suite and stop gouging the hard working American public. OOOPS i forgot. it's because some people love to pay over the odds and feel "superior".
I was getting worried at the many elitist attitudes on here who think that paying more means getting better.
That's not elitist. Elitism is believing one person is inherently better than the next. Thinking that price is a guaranteed indication of quality is naive.
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If Walmart can do it then why can't the other industries follow suite and stop gouging the hard working American public.
They can if there is reason to do so. However, the socialist leaning of the U.S. is making it exceptionally difficulty for small businesses to break into a market. With limited competition, there's nothing pushing industries in that direction.
That's how socialism suppresses progress... by protecting the current behemoths from competition.
You have to remember that Walmart came on the scene shaking up the status quo. The management teams that were unable to adapt were put out of business-- Ben Franklins for instance. Today, if you push current management into real competition, they lose just as Sam Walton's competition did... and from the ruins would emerge something better... but right now, investment is leaving the U.S. because there's limited benefit to enter our markets and, as I said, small timers can't hit the big guys... because being in business is too much a pain in the butt.
So good to see so many people actually defending good , sound, policy by Walmart. I was getting worried at the many elitist attitudes on here who think that paying more means getting better. If Walmart can do it then why can't the other industries follow suite and stop gouging the hard working American public. OOOPS i forgot. it's because some people love to pay over the odds and feel "superior".
I was just saying that it's a good move for both sides of the coin. Consumers save, they earn more. Everything seems to work out.
And for the healthcare facility right there in the store, that's wonderful for everyone as well! Now if they'd add daycare facilities, they might not have such a bad turnover rate. Who wouldn't want to have free daycare to where they can go visit their children (easily) during breaks?
From having worked at Wal-Mart, many of the cashiers under me were quite happy to have a bank, food place, eye center, and nail/hair salon right within the compounds of the store.
Though, I do see that Wal-Mart's actions are not only good PR moves, but in the long run makes for great profits and great savings for consumers.
Who would have thought people could get so upset at my failure to support their shopping habits? hahahahhaa
It doesn't matter why I don't like shopping there, I just don't.
No one would ever force you to shop anywhere you didn't want to.The only problem i have with big stores is that small stores cannot compete. I like the small store as well as the big store i just hope that the small friendly family store is not extinguished by the big companies. Freedom of choice is always good and that applies to big or small companies. Would be a shame to only have big stores but they do provide a huge selection and normally easy parking.
No one would ever force you to shop anywhere you didn't want to.The only problem i have with big stores is that small stores cannot compete.
Yes they can. Walton gave the formula for small shops to compete against him in "Made in America".
If small shops were as wonderful as people want to romanticize them to be, they wouldn't go out of business. The reality of small shops is much different however. Small shops have poor service, poor selection and poor prices. Because they have no competition, they get lazy and think they're owed the business. When someone comes in and shakes it up, they simply resent the fact that they have to start working... and the leftists jump on the bandwagon because they don't really know the whole story but are always desperate to cry about... The Man.
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Who wouldn't want to have free daycare to where they can go visit their children (easily) during breaks?
