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On the contrary. The alternative to a lower minimum wage is not necessarily a higher minimum wage, but rather unemployment and no wage. If your labor does not return greater value added than the cost of hiring, training, and maintaining you as an employee, then you will remain unhired and effectively unhireable.
How do you feel about Target? Best Buy? Macy's? Starbucks? Apple Store? KMart? Sears? JC Pennys?
I must say, I love Wal*Mart. A great American success story. Worth billions. Selling at low prices so that people can afford products that they wouldn't otherwise be able to afford. Supporing the military. Employing people that would otherwise not be able to find a job, thus lowering the cost to tax payers.
And my favorite thing is a Wal*Mart thread on a message board, the most entertaining thread there is. Brings out all the backward, hateful, low intelligence arguments by the left. Such great laughs, and proof of how wrong "they" are.
And if Walmart pouts and decides to stay away, it's a goooood thing.....
But that still doesn't change the fact that Walmart isn't a job creator, just a job exchanger and a small business killer. A poor neighbor in most neighborhoods, temp jobs for permanent ones and and end to most Main Street stores....
I have my doubts whether Walmart offers lower prices as others in the business. I was in the Walmart in Newport, OR two years ago and the prices were high and the selections in food were not very good. The Fred Meyer store (a div of Kroger) across highway 101 was by far a better store.
California To Wal-Mart: Enough! No More Taxpayer Subsidized Profits For You - Forbes
It worked that way for Henry Ford. He paid enough so his employees could afford to buy and it worked.
Higher prices.
I find it funny how some people are worried about "ethics" in a **** hole city like Washington DC. That city is about the most unethical, ghetto ridden hole-in-the-wall place that this country has to offer.
Not just the greeters, although they are the most striking example. I have had conversations with other employees and they seemed like nice enough people, but they just didn't have the mental capacity to do anything past the simplest of tasks.Greeters are an inefficient use of resources. In essence, it is taxable charity.
Real question: What is the alternative to a living wage?
I think Chicago has DC. beat - just by a little tho.
I'd put Chicago second. Chicago, politics aside, does have some nice things. There is absolutely nothing nice in Washington DC at all.
And put a lot of smaller family owned shops out of business. I ain't losing any sleep over this one. I bet plenty of independent store owners that have been a part of the community for a long time are happy about it.
I say call their bluff and do it! Wal-mart will make up for it when the company shows the employees how to get food stamps while they take the time off their taxes for showing gainfully employed people how that is done. :roll:
Baloney. I shop at Costco and they have lower prices than Wal Mart. Same with Krogers.
There are tons of Wal Marts here in WA State and we have the highest minimum wage in the US. Call their bull**** what it is.
There are tons of Wal Marts here in WA State and we have the highest minimum wage in the US. Call their bull**** what it is.
There are tons of Wal Marts here in WA State and we have the highest minimum wage in the US. Call their bull**** what it is.
So how do the country's two biggest retailers really fare head-to-head? Check out the breakdown below.
Average Cashier Salary
Walmart: $8.53 [Glassdoor]
Costco: $15.60 [Glassdoor]
Average Pay For Low-Level Managerial Position
Walmart: $44,774 [Glassdoor]
Costco: $53,956 [Glassdoor]
Number Of Employees Receiving Health Insurance Coverage
Walmart: "more than half" of employees [Businessweek]
Costco: 88% of employees [Businessweek]
Most Recent Quarterly Year Over Year Earnings
Walmart: Up 1.1% [Wall Street Journal]
Costco: Up 19% [NBC News]
i will use the favorite pro abortion argument "if you don't want abortion done have one"
If you don't like Walmart wages don't work there
If you don't like Walmart don't shop there
quick read and I see that the CostCo to Walmart comparison has come up.
Here's a bit more
Walmart vs. Costco: How Do They Really Compare?
The 'fun' difference is down towards the bottom of the linked article
I'm not surprised to hear you have first hand experience working at both.
Leave it up to a RW extremist to make **** up.
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