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Walmart DOES provide health
insurance after 6 months on the job. It also pays $7.50/hour here.
Granted, that is NOT enough to raise a family on, but with health insurance and
stock options a single person can do it. Sure, they sell stuff from China,
Korea, Japan, Taiwan, India, etc. Do you think your Dodge Charger is made
100% in America? The engine is from Germany, the transmission is from
France and the rack and pinion steering is from Mexico. There is not one
product that is 100% made in America. Dell computers claim to be, but the
wiring is from Taiwan, circuit boards are from Japan, etc. Sure the DVD's,
VCR's and TV's are made in Asian countries. Workers in America (and their
unions) demand too high of wages to make "Made in America"
profitable.
Bill age 55
C6 Incomplete since
7/20/68
Leesburg, FL
I personally don't mind growing old, but my body's
taking it badly.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:24
AM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Wal-Mart
No jobless? really? GW has sent US unemployment to
zero? That's got to be a first. When did all this
happen?
Walmart could pay for lots of stuff, then raise prices and be less
competitive. For such an intelligent man, your view on this
one really baffles me. You obviously just want Walmart gone - I can at
least understand that - free enterprise goes only so far with you.
My guess is you are for animal rights, against lab-rat testing and a
vegetarian as well. Everyone has an opinion.
Dave
In a message dated 7/17/2006 6:31:37 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Americans aren't jobless and walmart could pay for healthcare and
beatup insurance companies too, dave.
john
In a message dated 7/15/2006 6:26:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Americans are jobless because they won't work for the same
wages.
I think all US-WALMART employees pay US taxes. If you mean
the Chinese workers, NO Chinese worker pays US taxes.
American companies can get on WALMART's shelves, they just have to follow
Walmart's rules. The internet is also as great place to hawk
one's wares. Bossing Walmart around is a poor substitute for
smarting up and beating them at their own game.
Are you suggesting that Walmart should dismiss all foreign labor and
hire only American workers at whatever the Americans will consent to work
for because that's the loyal thing to do? You think they should
voluntarily or be forced to hire expensive labor and live with the
losses? Are you ready to pay more for everything on the shelves at
Walmart?
After forcing Walmart to do the loyal thing, will you go after the oil
industry to roll back prices to the 1950 level? They are both in the
fantasy realm you know.
Dave
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