[jmking]

Originally Posted by TNRyan23

Walmart employees in China are paid $1 US dollar a day for 10 hours a day and are forced to pay rent to live in slum apartments. Even if they CHOOSE not to live in them.

I was referring to europe. I didn't know there was a Walmart in China.

[Shoegal1075]

I would imagine that there is room for advancement too. The right person could work their way up the ranks. I mean, I'm a mother of two and in this economy, you work where you have to and if I were to go to Target, Wal-Mart, Publix - I wouldn't settle for being a cashier, I would try very hard to be an Assistant Manager and then Manager, who knows from there you can go to the corporate office.

[Shoegal1075]

Sunny, I think TN agrees with you at the end of everything. I just think that you guys may have different points of views to get you to the same feeling. The auto workers deserved more, but so do the people at Wal-Mart. I think that is the point, at least it is mine- LOL.

[TXRyan23]

Originally Posted by Chelsa1075

Sunny, I think TN agrees with you at the end of everything. I just think that you guys may have different points of views to get you to the same feeling. The auto workers deserved more, but so do the people at Wal-Mart. I think that is the point, at least it is mine- LOL.

If you take care of your employees, Don't try to screw them on hours and health insurance, and pay them what they're worth, The investment would return ten-fold.

[Shoegal1075]

I agree completely! As you will see in my post to Retired - My plan is not to move to Florida and all of the sudden be stuck on stupid! I will work the same way I do here. My work ethic doesn't change because of demographics. That is rediculous and people who move to another state in hopes of not having to do their job adequately, IMO shouldn't have a job. I'm going to do what ever I do to the best of my ability, I don't care if it is flipping burgers.

[floridadon]

Get rid of "Impact Fees" , which is a tax on any person or business that has any initative. Get rid of sales tax on all production related equipment. Require competitive bidding on government contracts in the state of Florida. Stand back and watch the economy change.

[Shoegal1075]

Again, I ask if we the "little people" can figure this out, why can't the politicians?

[TXRyan23]

Originally Posted by Chelsa1075

Again, I ask if we the "little people" can figure this out, why can't the politicians?

Because it would cost them money or votes.

In order to give a company money or tax incentives to relocate, the state has to swallow meaning tax payers have to swallow.

If Florida were to unionize, Alot of businesses that were used to making huge profit by exploiting their employees would close down and that's less tax money the state call pull from that business. It all rolls downhill...

In Tallahassee they LOVE this stuff because it means money. Honestly, I see alot of people that talk about how Florida has no income tax and while that's fine and well, They won't talk about how the realestate taxes and insurance costs more than makeup for the income tax.

[Shoegal1075]

I live in NY pay some of the highest taxes for everything, with no relief in sight. Everything is uber expensive here.

[Retiredcoach]

I view life as a swinging pendulum.... things will moderate over time. At the present time, the majority of our country's wealth is skewed into the hands of the select few. Our government has held upon the premise (for the past 8 years or so) that what is good for business is good for America. The value of the American worker has not diminished this low since the pre-Samuel Gomper days. Jobs have been exported overseas, and until the recent market correction, businesses have proliferated. Even corporations on the verge of bankruptcy are paying huge bonuses to failing CEO's with governmental funds. Many want to talk about the negatives of unionism, but who will call the corporations to task? Those so willing to criticize welfare and the unemployed American seem oblivious to corporate welfare and the fleecing of a shrinking middle class America.

The pendulum will soon swing back, once our government finds the courage to keep the Bernie Madoffs and Disneys from continuing to proliferate unchecked. Once it is realized that too many Americans do not earn enough money to buy cars, insurance, homes, travel, or buy the products that keep a strong economy growing, maybe the wake-up call will initiate a more "pro-worker" stance from our governmental entities.