Unfortunately while I agree with you in principle, the problem is that Walmart takes advantage of people like you who have ideals of how gov't should operate. They have absolutely no qualms about tromping on those ideals as long as it makes them a profit.
It's the same kind of deal as the pacifist argument. Pacifists say, "nobody should fight". so people who just want to take over say "great! that means you won't fight back when we tromp all over you!" Take a step back from the idealism and look at how they actually operate. Sure they offer jobs, but they're like strip miners in small communities. They come in, demand the local government subsidize their new store in exchange for creating jobs and offering products, put all the local businesses out of business, then when the local subsidies run out they pick up operations, fire all the people and move on to the next local economy leaving a dead town in their wake. And even if they don't move on, the've become the only game in town for jobs in many small communities so people don't have an option to go get another job with good benefits. Steps like this legislation are simply corrections to a system suffering an equilibrium problem. On 1/13/06, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well that's a positive at least. > > Still don't think it's right. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sandra Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 1:19 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart > > > > Actually, the legislature didn't single them out. > > > > The bill states that any company with more than 10,000 > > employees in the state of MD shall spend at least 8% on > > health benefits > > > > It just so happens that all the companies with more than > > 10,000 employees in MD do spend 8% or more on health benefits > > with the exception of WalMart. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 12:42 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart > > > > Also, how can this legislature single out a single company for this? > > > > At least, shouldn't it be for every company? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192341 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
