You can't possibly believe this? So that's all Wal-Mart has to do? The main company does all the bulk buying, and they have "franchises" that actually own the local store and pay far less than mom and pop ever could for their retail products.
Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:02 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart > > > if it is franchise based then it is competing on an equal footing > with the mom and pop restaurant up the street. Works for me. > > >Well, not in Maryland, at least not by one corporation. McDonalds is > >franshise based. > > > >service. > >> This is not an ideal world, as anyone who suddenly needs a hundred > >> thousand in healthcare quickly learns. This doesn't seem like a bad > >step > >> forward. Wal-Mart is clearly predatory in many of its practices. > >> > >> Dana > >> > >> > >> >It sounds like you are OK with the government subsiding McDonalds > >> >employees that make the same or less. Or employees of other low > >paying, > >> >no healthcare jobs that don't happen to have more than 10,000 > >employees. > >> > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192659 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
