$250-$300 a week for basically un skilled labor is not cruel. While it's true, you cannot survive and feed your family or provide them with Health Care, the solution is simple. Get an education and a better skilled job that pays more. I understand folks who say Walmart ruins communities because they take away small business. This is very true. So you guys keep voting them out of your communities to solve that problem.
@1963danno "I dont care what the unemployment rate is around the world I care what it is here in the US." Of course and you don't have to. the world runs on self interest. That is how we are designed. The competitive free market PROVIDES for exactly what you want. higher standards of living.
Anybody who has less income or ability than you is "poor", and everybody who has bigger income or ability than you is "rich".
Anybody driving slower than you is an "asshole", anybody driving faster than you is a "maniac"
Anybody dumber than you is an "idiot", anybody smarter than you is a "nerd"
...shall I keep going? Walmart is doing fine, providing the cheapest goods to the people who need it, and giving jobs to people who can't get much better. I don't see how this is not a win-win.
@mrumsower First off..... Who cares how much wealth someone has? Secondly, Wal Mart is not owned by 6 people. It is a publicly traded company. The Walton family consisting of 5 people, still own a majority share. The important thing is it is one of the last USA owned and operated businesses.
@mrumsower That is the nature of the beast. Whenever a new store opens, it will put a strain on other businesses. Should we just never open new stores that offer competition? This is capitalism at its very core
Why would anyone decry a place that provides tens of thousands of jobs to the elderly, the uneducated, the poor and less skilled individuals. They're the snobs who already make 100,000 a year and afford to shop at upscale single style retail (furnishings at one store, clothing at one store, food at another.) Now I think the average wage at a Walmart is 11 dollars per hour +.
@spikedpsycho - The averages are actually quite blurred. The average worker is lucky to make 8.50 within the first 3 years.
Wal-mart is good for a market, but they do not treat their employees well. Some get it good, but overall they do trample their workers. Ever since Sam Walton died, the company has tanked.
The only issue I have with Wal-mart is when they trample state and federal law for wages, overtime, and benefits. Working 40 hour weeks as "part time".
Let us not forget decades ago there was Woolworth's.....before Walmart there was Woolworth's, Ames, Caldor's, Montgomery Ward, Hechts and K-Mart. I shop at Target, the stores are better looking appearing more like department stores instead of warehouses full of crap. The staff better trained and more caring.
I don't shop there, unless I am cornered, when no one else has what I need; I live in a small town but once I learned to simply order ahead of time from the hardware store, then Walmart can suck my azz....
@1963danno Of course, and that's what happens alot of the time. But i always say, It's not just about working hard, it's about working smart to. Utilizing everything around you to do the most efficient job you could possibly do with little waste (time and resources) It's all about efficiency to me in my work environment while being adaptive and flexible.
@1963danno there is ALWAYS something better. Especially here in the states. people exaggerate to much. There is always an employer looking for someone. you have to put your name out there and your skills.
@1963danno It's not a permanent position. So what does it matter? Better to be making something than nothing. I worked at target for two years. Then i moved on to something better.
My friend has a small snoball truck business and pays the kids who run the trucks a decent wage but couldn't afford to pay them 20 an hour. So if the min wage is 20 and he refuses to pay them that much, what happens to him? Do you send police to arrest and imprison him? Think about the ethical implications of what you're saying.
If they pay more, then I'll go work there. I'm so much more qualified than the people who work there now. Other more qualified people will show up to work also and take over all the jobs. Then what happens to the people who were making 9 an hour there before?
I firmly believe that the government should not regulate what Walmart can or cannot economically do. However, I have disapproved of some of Walmart's tactics to undercut competition. I made a personal decision to not shop there. That's all we can do. Choose. Choose to work there, choose not to work there. Choose to shop there, choose not to shop there. It's that simple.
Stossel says Greed is Good-defined as self interest-for the wealthy if so Greed-self interest- is good for other people the 99%. LITTLE FLAW IN STOSSEL STATEMENT GREED IS GOOD DEFINED AS SELF INTEREST THEN IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST WEALTHY!!!!!
He is smart, skilled and has many other qualifications, but what he has is what he is content with regardless of it's misfortunes. Any human will do what is more pleasing to them. No one wants to force themselves into discomfort.
No one has a gun up to the head of people that work at WalMart. Don't like it, leave. If XX amount of people leave and WalMart can't hire to fill the place, they will raise wages to be more appealing. If they choose not to raise wages, they'll close, and other stores will up and "fill in the gap." My Dad works at WalMart DC. It's tough, insurance sucks, but he made that choice, he doesn't complain about it, and he makes a decent living. If it really bothered him he would have quit long time ago.
Specialty shops like a GameStop will always win over a Walmart. Knowledgable employees and wider selection of even more obscure titles will always appear there. At a Walmart I get a 50 year old woman who can't tell the difference in systems and can't give me advice if I'm having trouble. The key seems to be specialization in product to still win in this Walmart market.
What I learned is that Walmart isn't charity and no business should be one. They make a profit by giving customers low prices and in return for customers, they save money. I don't see why Walmart has to change for ANYONE if they're creating a profit.
2 years back, walmart gave me a job when no one else would. it gave me an oportunity to learn some skills and make a living. But I guess the libs complaining about walmart would rather have me taking welfare checks...
Consumers. REMEMBER, It's YOUR choice to shop or not to shop there. The reason why wallmart became so big is because of US. WE CHOSE to shop there. Don't get mad at the company selling you stuff you PAYED FOR.
@Epicnerdgasm youre a gigantic idiot. and i did. you get rid of minimum wage the most likely scenarios will be: everyone starves only a few eat well, or everyone works for bullshit 2$ an hour......and all starve.
also we should be tarrifing the fuck out of china to keep rich playing ball here or quit playing games alltogether, bring freedome back, oust bureaucracies.
wouldn't mind walmart worming out of social cost if the regular joe could aswell. I have to pay taxes on my land(unconstitutional)and build according to codes driving my price way up and I'm not allowed to pull out of town on horse and wagon,live off land in-between jobs yet wal-mart's lies are always believed by gov bureaucrats that we pay in denying us a few hundred bucks a month in-between getting screwed. I'm not for socialism but I was born in it & if I got to put up w/it so should the rich
@assman255 Government Interventions Ruins MANY small businesses and creates monopolies. People believe that is the result of free market capitalism. But it's actually the COMPLETE OPPOSITE. it's government that causes monopolies to sprout. Because only the big businesses can afford all of those permits and taxes.
I worked there twice. first time I got a thank u for service letter after christmas. I wasn't a temp hire, i was hired prior to the temps and they kept me on till they made up lies to fire me as to avoid myself getting unemployment that yes they are taxed for but so is the employee and as theirs is "cost" as the employee is it's factored in to where the employee basically pays for what wal-mart avoids us getting.The second time was to big a joke to type about.
Here is your fucking hooray, I see that little tiny pc of shit labor secretary on the street, I'll give him a wow! Fuck wal-mart, they will crumble at some point, likely when people start destroying them for our own good. THEY PREY ON THE POOR AND STUPID, IF YOU SHOP THERE, THINK ABOUT THAT. Which one are you, poor or stupid?
Somebody just shoot that mother fucker, their food is shit and their biggest source of garbage is communist fucking china. Did you lose family fighting communism? AND NOW YOU FUCKING FINACIALLY SUPPORT IT! Somebody needs to start shooting guys like this, they'll get scared and quit this BS, or they should all get shot.
@HomeEnergyNow We aren't extremists. Why start killing people for thinking differently? That would show that we are no different from socialist dictatorships. the CONSTITUTION MUST ALWAYS BE UPHELD!
@tehatemachine Thinking differently? When you buy shit from china, and promote that type of business, YOU ACT. Not think differently. We don't have to kill anybody, but maybe dropping every wally world into a pile of rubble would be better. Just set an example. Same with Target, Kmart, any business that thinks it is OK to monopolize little towns. We really should just educate IDIOT COMMUNISTS that buy shit from them!
Trade off, Walmart profits, customers save by sending essentially employing the Chinese, China benefits from disparity in slave labor wages and product sales.
I agree,but first it is essential that barriers to entry are eliminated or at least scaled back as much as possible. Labour unions pushing for wage increases and more worker rights regulations are a symptom of a far greater problem. When governments regulate and mandate licensing requirements for certain industries and professions they price smaller competitors out of the market, meaning less employers competing for labour. More employers competing for labour drives up wages.
@KripDrip If this were about low wages, that would work. But it isn't. It's about unions wanting to loot a very wealthy and successful chain of stores.
Look what the unions did to Detroit. Do you really think they care about anyone else but themselves?
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Why was Detroit and all the jobs for Americans thriving back in the 50s? More than 3 times the entire workforce was part of a union. Why have the jobs over the years been gone when the number of workers in a union keep going DOWN?
@KripDrip I can't see your chart. But I can answer your question. When Ford first went to Detroit, their major export was timber. It took years to build up Detroit into an industrial powerhouse. It took decades for the UAW to drain Detroit of all its wealth and prosperity.
Now the unions have penetrated the public sector. More government employees are in a union than workers in the private sector for the first time in US history. It's also why the US government is going into default.
@KripDrip I can't see your chart. But I can answer your question. When Ford first went to Detroit, their major export was timber. It took years to build up Detroit into an industrial powerhouse. It took decades for the UAW to drain Detroit of all its wealth and prosperity.
Now the unions have penetrated the public sector. More government employees are in a union than workers in the private sector for the first time in US history. It's also why the US government is going into default.
Americans don't know what low wages are 8.23$/h is not low wage,in my country 3.29$ is average and everything is 2-3X US prices,and there is many more countries with wages lower than that and still people manage to support families.
@Bloodsport1 1200$ is high,what does that get you in USA?here lowest rates are around 420$ and it gets you a 400sqft apartment with 10-15 y.old ikea knockoff furniture
@olhsaoagpaigfbp around nothing is $420, everything is either 800 and up. A studio apartment can cost around $1,000 alone. $8 bucks an hour cant cut it.
@olhsaoagpaigfbp It is low due to the purposely done inflation in our country. Your countries currency must be in really bad shape then ours is.
Shop at Target and help support them as Union are trying to be implemented to that chain. Union the parasites are leeching off Walmart the majority of people have a sad mental state of "You can't fire me if I am a bad worker without compensation!" have anyone seen Teachers with Union backing them up now that's disturbing.
My mom was a member of the UFCW union. SHe did get paid well at over $20 an hour and my dad made almost 90,000 Canadian a year. SO I liked growing up upper middle class
@Epicnerdgasm You didn't pay attention to your American history class. But hey, if you have kids and want to send them to work in factories for pennies a day because your employer doesn't pay jack-shit, then good for you.
@Epicnerdgasm - no min wage is possible if wage earners are all in a developed economy. now that we are integrating wages of developing economies (China, India) into a global-wage economy, how do feel about the gap between wages in the developed world and the developing world? you might also consider that wages are reflective of costs: historically, it has been more expensive to live in a developed economy (city, country). don't you think the gaps between developed, developing causes pause?
$8.23 an hour is apparently making them better off. Why must all companies pay wages that can support families? Have a stable, high wage first, then have an appropriate number of children (adopt if you want to improve the life of an otherwise not very well off child provided little opportunity).
@Thatmakessense356 What you just said is that the basics expectations of life are a privilege E.G. having a home, having kids, having food and heat, ect. While that can be arguably so, you do have to remember that we still have to live around these people. I'm fairly well off, not because I work hard for a living, because I don't, but only because - like all other well-off people - I was lucky when it came to who my parents were, where I was born and such and I feel sorry for wal mart workers.
@M1thotyn You can feel sorry for them. That's fine. That does not mean that any regulations should be passed to pay the workers the minimum wage. Assuming the min. wage is about $10, the executives, expected to maximize profits by their investors (probably you and I, assuming you have index funds as well), must cut the marginal workers that bring in only $9.99 or less in profit per hour. The best thing for the average walmart employee is fair (market based) compensation. (No lay-offs).
@Thatmakessense356 I disagree morally with what you said. Because you're saying that it's best to keep people employed while being taken advantage of instead of risking their employment all together. That's like saying it's better that a person be raped with a condom instead of without. They're still needlessly screwed. We're giving them the option of either working to live in poverty, or to live in poverty without working. I say let the execs pay the rest of their salary, they don't deserve it.
@M1thotyn If you want the workers of wal mart to be paid more, do it with your own money. Don't say that you are the ultimate moral authority, and steal the money of those who are rich to give it to the poor. You can't compare paying someone being paid a little bit of money to someone being raped. Being raped makes the person worse off whereas getting honest pay for honest work does not. You do not notice those who get raises after proving themselves as good employees. Please learn economics
Get rid of the minimmum wage. If you disagree you are earning the minimum wage and that would turn you into poverty, or your costumers are earning the minimum wage and that would impact you sales, or you could loose your job to a person with less family to sustain, or you would need to emigrate to find a job well paid.
@deltaenforcer93 What competition? Did you start off from the same place as they did? No. You have the life that you do because it was given to you. You were born into a CLASS. You graduated high school with certain social and financial resources. If life were to be one big giant competition for who gets the air conditioned home and who gets to fuck off and suffer a miserable life, at least let everyone start off from the same point.
Just because the customers like it doesn't mean it's good for them or the country. WalMart's ongoing criminal campaign against it's own employees, unions and American communities and taxpayers is well documented and lengthy. They have congress in their back pocket and that's why they haven't been indicted under RICCO and anti-trust statutes.
@bddc201 Sorry but i think that i know what is better for you then you do..... That is basicaly what you are saying. Time for you to start respecting other people's voluntary choices. Because most people really know what is best for them and sure know it better then someone who doesnt even know them personally.
@Jigssaw1989 Did you really read my post? Lot's of people "voluntarily" allow themselves to be victimized because the people in power control the "choices". I don't have to personally know anyone to know that WalMart is a soulless, evil, sociopathic corporate entity. What if someone offered you the "choice" of having your arms or your legs cut off? Would you feel that your amputation was voluntary?
why are people struggling to make ends meet ? cause the factories that paid $10/hr and hired a thousand workers closed and were moved to china, where the same things are made cheap and get shipped to walmart where the 50 workers are hired for $8.00 / hr . the other 950 workers are on unemployment and "struggling".
America is not now nor has it ever been a libertarian or a socialist nation. Markets exist because "we the people" (govt) allow and encourage them to exist. We the people through out govt set the rules of the market because capitalism demands that profits are internalized and risk is socialized. Indeed, what America HAS become is a nation ruled by the wealthy and powerful who have bought and paid for our govt. Remove the oligarchs from govt and America can be great again.
Wal Mart keeps prices low by not providing health insurance to most of it's hourly employees. This means the taxpayer picks up that slack. You're being robbed blind by Wally World and you don't even realize it. Don't shop at Wal Mart if you love your country.
@TBaker1964 Woah, they make almost 2 thousand dollars a month BEFORE taxes? Damn. That can get you a ghetto apartment and a mcdonalds double cheeseburger EVERY DAY! If you have a spouse who also works at wal mart, then you could even afford a used car! For fucks sake that wouldn't even cover my monthly house payment and my neighborhood is barely middle class. I spent three months of their 1800 net salary just on landscaping work for my mere 3 acres of land last year. I don't even work!
This is what happens when the cheap fucks have their way. When tightwad asshole consumers ONLY see the lowest price and nothing more, they get what they deserve. The bitter aftertaste of poor quality lasts FAR longer than the sweetness of a low price. They can't even conceive of the higher costs of just what a low price means.
Guy says that the hourly wage for people working at WalMart is not enough to sustain a family.
This would be a good time to illuminate the fact that if you have a family, and your CAREER is working at WalMart stocking shelves, you have a much bigger problem then what you get paid an hour.
These are jobs that teenagers used to do, but can't anymore, because paying a 16 yo kid 8 dollars an hour to stock shelves is stupid!!!!
It's worse here in San Francisco where the minimum wage is $10 an hour. Parents send there teenagers to camp every summer because young people can't find a job.
@TimeWarp66 that is true, the higher the min wage, the less likely an unskilled teen will be able to find a job. BTW, come to TX and get out of San Fran!! = )
@EchoMike03 agreed. these people forget that most of the work at walmart is unskilled labor. Its not shocking that type of work pays very little. If you want hire wages, learn a better skill and get an education.
@EchoMike03 agreed. these anti-walmart people forget that most of the work at walmart is unskilled labor. Its not shocking that type of work pays very little. If you want higher wages, learn a better skill and get an education.
@EchoMike03 agreed. these anti-walmart people forget that most of the work at walmart is unskilled labor. don't be shocked if that type of work pays very little. If you want higher wages, learn a better skill and get an education.
@EchoMike03 here, here...that douche bag also doesn't realize that wal-mart could pay it's employees a lot more if they weren't constantly getting sued but dip-shits like him.
@EchoMike03 A lot of people, probably most people, don't get a choice as to what they do for a living. Only privileged kids who can live off mommy and daddies suburban estate get to do that. For the rest they have to take whatever job they can get before they are homeless and unable to find any employment at all.
globalization with China making all the stuff in Wal Mart while higher taxes and regulations do not make them be made in America. Also, this makes Wal Mart monopolistic because they are fueled by Chinese and India slave labor to fuel the products as lower competition. As we have higher taxes and more regulations we are forced to shop at wal mart than locally where the majority of the money stays in the economy. I'm a libertarian but this economic warfare makes Wal Mart the enemy.
Anything that gets bad press long enough eventually has some mainstream journalist come along to say everything you heard is wrong. And ppl will believe it. Walmart is often not cheaper. For example, Walmart over charges for healthier food. I swear to all who read this that I get the same brand at Whole Foods, of all places, cheaper than Walmart. Walmart is cutting costs but it is NOT passing it on to consumers. There's a myth for John Stossel to bust!
John Stossel addresses literally one percent of the points raised in "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices" (the movie he references in the beginning.) And everything he says here is addressed in that film. Keep an open mind and maybe check it out. I'm pretty sure you can watch it on YouTube for free.
@nfwvideo1 .. I think you misunderstand the meaning of the phrase "have to" do something. No one has to work at all... people can choose to live in poverty, on the street and beg for food. If anyone does something by free-will then it is their choice and they didn't "have to" do anything... Does this make sense?
Of course Walmart is not the best at all deals, that is a myth to. I found some product in other stores sold cheaper like Ink cartridges in Fredmyres. I am not advocating boycotting Walmart I suggesting you to shop around to find better deals. If Walmart wins they win. But as a consumer you need to shop around to get the better deal on your side.
The only people who hate Wal-Mart are rich snobby liberals who have no clue what it's like to cut coupons or buy a can of vegetables at 49 cents as opposed to 89 cents.
"The fairness that is the fabric of our society" -- Is that in the Constitution? Sounds more like the Communist Manifesto.
@XKG80 Yes fairness is a staple of communism that capitalists don't believe in apparently. What a crazy concept. Do you see how by paying their workers low wages and denying them health insurance to which they are legally entitled, they create consumers for themselves and drive down the cost of their prices at the expense of their workers. Also, you saying "rich snobby liberals" doesn't make any sense. Conservatives tend to make more money than liberals, which is maybe why...
@watermelonygoodness First, you're not legally entitled to health insurance--You're forced to buy insurance. Second, you fail to put "low wages" in context. We do not live in feudal times. The standard of living for the "poor" today is much higher than just 100 years ago. There are also things call pay raises and promotions. If you work at Wal-Mart for 20 years, you'll likely be running the store and making at least $50K. That means if you start at 18, you'll be top at 38. Is that not fair?
@XKG80 Employers are required to provide a health insurance plan to their workers are they not? That would make them legally entitled. The standard of living of the "poor" is not much higher today than 100 years ago in that parts of the world that America has exploited in order to elevate its own standard of living. If you work at Wal-Mart for 20 years you will likely be greeting people at the door. Beyond that, Wal-Marts sexist and racist promotion policies are well-known and documented.
@watermelonygoodness No, employers are not required to provide a health insurance plan. This is only a "requirement" if it is bargained in the employment contract, i.e. the employer has offered insurance as part of its compensating the worker for his/her labor. If the employers fails to provide it, then you have a case. Otherwise, an employee has choices. Here's a solution: Don't work at Wal-Mart. And if Wal-Mart can't find employees, maybe they'd consider giving more benefits.
@XKG80 I was a swing manager at the McDonald's where I worked at 17. Quit making assumptions about me, it only weakens your point. Wal-Mart does claim to offer health insurance, it is in their contracts, but when it comes time to deliver, workers are directed to Medicare. So according to your own description, I do have a case. I already pointed out that poor people in need of employment do not have the option to simply "not work at Wal-Mart." If Wal-Mart is the only one hiring and you...
@watermelonygoodness A broad claim to offer health insurance is not legally binding. It's got to be in the individual worker's contract. If they renege, the worker can sue. And there are literally tens of thousands of lawyers who would LOVE to sue Wal-Mart.
If they actually had a case, don't you think the ACLU would take it up?
@XKG80 ...have kids to feed, guess what? You're working at Wal-Mart whether you like it or not. I love how you're saying liberals are "rich and snobby" and "don't know what it's like to cut coupons" yet you're telling people in minimum wage positions to simply find another job if they aren't being treated fairly at their current one. People who do know what it's like to cut coupons, also know that you can't just quit a job you don't like. This is a ridiculous fallacious argument that has...
@XKG80 ...no basis in reality whatsoever. You say I glorify certain communist countries for being fair, yet I have articulated to you that no true communist country has existed. I also have not glorified any country that claimed to be communist and I wouldn't. 1) Because no such country was truly communist and 2) I'm not a communist. The rest of your statement here does not apply to me so I won't respond to it.
@watermelonygoodness Oh yes, the old "there has never been a true communist government" argument. Doesn't it ever occur to you that communism is inherently self-corrupting? That's why it fails. That's why it can never be done. Six graders can figure this out.
@XKG80 But there has never been a true communist government. In a true communist state the state dissolves. I already explained to you that I'm not a communist. Have you actually read the Communist Manifesto? You don't seem to really understand the ideas put forth in it.
Are you seriously telling me that you think people can just get another job? I specifically said "IF WAL-MART IS THE ONLY ONE HIRING ... You're working at Wal-Mart whether you like it or not." Did you deliberately...
@watermelonygoodness When is Wal-Mart the "only one hiring"? What the hell are you talking about?
And again, why are you so opposed to the idea of poor people creating their own jobs? Screw Wal-Mart. People can do their own thing.
I live in TX. Mexican immigrants run the whole economy. None of them have these coveted degrees. Half of them don't even speak English. But scores of them have boatloads of cash--mechanics, landscaping, food service, all small businesses. They don't need Wal-Mart.
@XKG80 I am talking about the world here. You don't seem to comprehend the big picture. America has prospered because of capitalism. Poor people in America, while still destitute in many cases, are better off than people in the developing world. I acknowledge this. But you seem to think that America and American corporations are one entity that did this on its own. I'm telling you that the impoverished nations are already part of America's capitalist system and they are the ones I am...
@XKG80 ...speaking of. These people working at the Wal-Mart sweatshops, and yes they are sweatshops, in Cambodia, can't just do these things you're talking about. You are just coming across as so naive right now it's ridiculous.
@XKG80 Answer me this: do you honestly believe that everyone who is poor is doing so by choice? Because that is the implication of what you're saying. If they wanted to, they could just get a better job and make lots of money, but they don't, either because they are lazy or incompetent. So, in other words, they are poor by choice?
@watermelonygoodness Somewhere down the line you have to work to eat. And compared to labor throughout history, and even in the world today, Wal-Mart is pretty good. They make lots of money and many, many people choose to work there.
As a side point, it is unfair to compare Wal-Mart's work conditions only to other retailers. There are other jobs where people suffer more and are paid less.
@XKG80 ...misquote me or did you genuinely not understand the sentence? I never said Wal-Mart is the only job poor people can "achieve." Stop putting words in my fucking mouth. I have been poor my whole life and worked to get myself to university and it is extremely offensive to me that you assume and imply that I am lazy, incompetent, and privileged as you have done several times now. That is the capitalist mentality, though, isn't it? If you aren't a wealthy CEO it's because you are...
@XKG80 ...incompetent, right? You have no idea how the world really works. There isn't enough room for all labourers to "work their way up" to be part of the elite. That's what makes it an elite, the fact that it is extremely difficult to break into regardless of how hard working and intelligent you may be. If you are born impoverished you are less likely to be able to afford a university degree. You will not be promoted within a corporation past assistant store management without a...
@watermelonygoodness You don't have to be part of the elite to be successful, idiot.
What is this BS that a "corporation" won't promote you past Asst Manager without a degree? That's ridiculous. You been to a retail store lately?
I love the basis of your argument though--If the "impoverished" do not reach the absolutely elite of one of the biggest corporations in the world, then the whole system is fucked. Better to just scrap it and institute a totalitarian regime.
@XKG80 ...degree. Degrees require money. I feel like I'm talking to a child. This is how life is. Capitalism does not provide true freedom, because if it were true freedom, it would be for everyone. It's not. Capitalism makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. The gap between the rich and poor has been widening globally for decades now because of the capitalist system.
As for your point about no one suing Wal-Mart, they are currently involved in the largest class-action lawsuit...
@watermelonygoodness The rich getting richer, and the poor getting poorer. YAWWNNNNNNNN............ Communism was never practiced correctly. YAWNNNNNNNNNN..... Corporations are taking over our lives... YAWNNNNNNNN......
@XKG80 And way to address my points about the Communist Manifesto. It's pretty clear you haven't read it. Don't you think it's a little closed-minded to dismiss a philosophy that you haven't even read?
@watermelonygoodness I'm an immigrant from Cuba. Believe me, I've read it. Trust me, Wal-Mart is better than slave labor camps.
You've basically conceded every point. You're reduced to saying people are poor in Cambodia and Bangladesh and can't start businesses there. OK, that is true, and America is a great country that has amazing freedoms. I wish for those countries capitalism, not communism. Cuba is getting more liberal, but 10 years ago, it was illegal to sell cookies from your home.
@XKG80 I'm not "reduced" to saying that, that's what I've been saying from the beginning, that's my problem with Wal-Mart. Are you really this dumb or are you pretending?
@watermelonygoodness No, the picture you painted before was someone who "has kids to feed," that working at Wal-Mart was their only option, and that they were not getting the health benefits guaranteed to them. You got backed into a corner, and now you're talking about sweatshops.
@XKG80 That isn't what I originally said. Wal-Mart exploits people in America and outside of America. That has been my point on this video since I first saw it. I didn't get backed into a corner or change my stance at all. If you want to go back and read everything I've posted here and on other Wal-Mart videos you can but it will take you a while. I have articulated to you 4 times now that I'm not a communist. I'm sick of saying things to you and you not understanding, willfully or...
So you are saying poor people are poor by choice? You are saying poor people fit into two categories: those who "sit on their asses" and those who can't "come up with ideas." In other words, if someone is poor, they must be either lazy or incompetent?
@watermelonygoodness No, it's the reverse. If you're a lazy person, you're likely to be a poor person. But poor people who work hard can many times write their own ticket, e.g. Sam Walton.
Hard work makes up for deficiencies in privilege or education. This is why I don't believe poor people are handicapped or at a very serious disadvantage in America. They can beat out lazy privileged people and lazy educated people, which are plentiful in America.
@XKG80 "They can beat out lazy privileged people and lazy educated people, which are plentiful in America." Really? You really think if the disabled child of a single-mother who is sick and has no health insurance works hard enough, he can beat out lazy privileged people? Paris Hilton? I couldn't possibly point to all the examples of this not being true.
@watermelonygoodness Disabled child? Well, depends on the disability. Some people overcome their disability and do really well. I know a man from Africa who is blind but is an expert in writing wills for people.
If you can't work, the system should (and does) help take care of you. This really has nothing to do with work ethic. The rest is up to your family and friends to help. Incidentally this is a practical reason why "family (or friend!) values" are important.
@watermelonygoodness But yes, I know, you're willing to trash the entire system and move to a regime because there will always invariably be at least one poor soul out there who doesn't make it.
Until then, I have to explain that there will be poor and unfortunate people in any system you have--even in systems where the primary mission was to eliminate poverty. The "disabled child of a single mother" still has that reality even if he lives under communist dictatorship.
@XKG80 How is the FACT that no Marxist country ever existed a "theory" that has been "debunked?" How is the FACT that the rich have been getting richer and the poor have been getting poorer a "theory" that has been "debunked?" You having heard something before doesn't mean you can just say "yawn" and have addressed that point. That's not how debate works. Do you think you're making sense or are you trolling me? "Family values" have no place in politics. Are you seriously trying...
@watermelonygoodness The problem is that the system is inherently flawed. It cannot be implemented as dreamed. That's the flaw. Few people think communism is a bad idea on its face. Yes, I'd say it has been sufficiently debunked.
Whether family values enters a political arena is another matter, but my argument is that making strong families and friendships is a very good alternative to having the govt intervene, where available, of course. Your family cares for you more than the government.
$250-$300 a week for basically un skilled labor is not cruel. While it's true, you cannot survive and feed your family or provide them with Health Care, the solution is simple. Get an education and a better skilled job that pays more. I understand folks who say Walmart ruins communities because they take away small business. This is very true. So you guys keep voting them out of your communities to solve that problem.
Boogyman4050 1 week ago
come on, people have to think for themselves. Stop thinking like your Union Boss.
JZarter 2 weeks ago
come on, people, you have a Choice!
You can work any where else...you can shop any where else.
YOU have a Choice. I choose to work and shop at Walmart.
Progressives cause so much trouble for us.
JZarter 2 weeks ago
Stop being greedy, I am busy being greedy and there is not enough room for both of us.
- Union promoter.
XCritonX 4 weeks ago
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@1963danno "I dont care what the unemployment rate is around the world I care what it is here in the US." Of course and you don't have to. the world runs on self interest. That is how we are designed. The competitive free market PROVIDES for exactly what you want. higher standards of living.
tehatemachine 1 month ago
Anybody who has less income or ability than you is "poor", and everybody who has bigger income or ability than you is "rich".
Anybody driving slower than you is an "asshole", anybody driving faster than you is a "maniac"
Anybody dumber than you is an "idiot", anybody smarter than you is a "nerd"
...shall I keep going? Walmart is doing fine, providing the cheapest goods to the people who need it, and giving jobs to people who can't get much better. I don't see how this is not a win-win.
zdrux 1 month ago 2
to a liberal, greed means you have something they want and you're not willing to share it with them.
j24800 1 month ago
My best friend works at Wal-Mart and says he has no complaints no retail store in this country has a union as far as my knowledge.
KyleClarkUSA 2 months ago
the 6 people that own wal-mart control more wealth then 1/3 of the rest of the country
mrumsower 2 months ago
@mrumsower First off..... Who cares how much wealth someone has? Secondly, Wal Mart is not owned by 6 people. It is a publicly traded company. The Walton family consisting of 5 people, still own a majority share. The important thing is it is one of the last USA owned and operated businesses.
antigov84 1 month ago
@antigov84 there used to be a lot more USA owned and operated businesses... until walmart put mom and pop out of business
mrumsower 1 month ago
@mrumsower That is the nature of the beast. Whenever a new store opens, it will put a strain on other businesses. Should we just never open new stores that offer competition? This is capitalism at its very core
antigov84 1 month ago
@antigov84 rotten to the core
mrumsower 1 month ago
@mrumsower Possibly. However, it is the best system that people have created so far.
antigov84 1 month ago
Why would anyone decry a place that provides tens of thousands of jobs to the elderly, the uneducated, the poor and less skilled individuals. They're the snobs who already make 100,000 a year and afford to shop at upscale single style retail (furnishings at one store, clothing at one store, food at another.) Now I think the average wage at a Walmart is 11 dollars per hour +.
spikedpsycho 2 months ago
@spikedpsycho - The averages are actually quite blurred. The average worker is lucky to make 8.50 within the first 3 years.
Wal-mart is good for a market, but they do not treat their employees well. Some get it good, but overall they do trample their workers. Ever since Sam Walton died, the company has tanked.
The only issue I have with Wal-mart is when they trample state and federal law for wages, overtime, and benefits. Working 40 hour weeks as "part time".
Shockerthe69 2 months ago
Let us not forget decades ago there was Woolworth's.....before Walmart there was Woolworth's, Ames, Caldor's, Montgomery Ward, Hechts and K-Mart. I shop at Target, the stores are better looking appearing more like department stores instead of warehouses full of crap. The staff better trained and more caring.
spikedpsycho 2 months ago
I don't shop there, unless I am cornered, when no one else has what I need; I live in a small town but once I learned to simply order ahead of time from the hardware store, then Walmart can suck my azz....
JoshMan522 2 months ago
@1963danno by the way, why they removed your comment??
regdawgformerusmc 2 months ago
@1963danno and that makes no sense, less profit mean less wages, means more unemployed ppl.
regdawgformerusmc 2 months ago
@1963danno Of course, and that's what happens alot of the time. But i always say, It's not just about working hard, it's about working smart to. Utilizing everything around you to do the most efficient job you could possibly do with little waste (time and resources) It's all about efficiency to me in my work environment while being adaptive and flexible.
tehatemachine 2 months ago
@1963danno 9% is low. There are countries with unemployment that reaches 20% sometimes 60%
tehatemachine 2 months ago
1:43 Since when is working at WalMart supposed to be a career. No fucking kid says "I want to work at walmart when I grow up.
Tacotruck1166 2 months ago
@1963danno there is ALWAYS something better. Especially here in the states. people exaggerate to much. There is always an employer looking for someone. you have to put your name out there and your skills.
tehatemachine 2 months ago
@1963danno It's not a permanent position. So what does it matter? Better to be making something than nothing. I worked at target for two years. Then i moved on to something better.
tehatemachine 2 months ago
@1963danno
My friend has a small snoball truck business and pays the kids who run the trucks a decent wage but couldn't afford to pay them 20 an hour. So if the min wage is 20 and he refuses to pay them that much, what happens to him? Do you send police to arrest and imprison him? Think about the ethical implications of what you're saying.
bosshog7169 2 months ago
If they pay more, then I'll go work there. I'm so much more qualified than the people who work there now. Other more qualified people will show up to work also and take over all the jobs. Then what happens to the people who were making 9 an hour there before?
bosshog7169 2 months ago
@razblack Good for you. Just don't force anyone who still likes to go there to do what you did.
WestSkier11 2 months ago
work in walmart because u have no job skillz.
simple as that. u can't get hired any other place.
darkisato 2 months ago
i stopped shopping there years ago... they're usually filthy, gross, and full of idiots.
razblack 2 months ago
@razblack wow, elitist much!
rehwr 2 months ago
I firmly believe that the government should not regulate what Walmart can or cannot economically do. However, I have disapproved of some of Walmart's tactics to undercut competition. I made a personal decision to not shop there. That's all we can do. Choose. Choose to work there, choose not to work there. Choose to shop there, choose not to shop there. It's that simple.
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Stossel says Greed is Good-defined as self interest-for the wealthy if so Greed-self interest- is good for other people the 99%. LITTLE FLAW IN STOSSEL STATEMENT GREED IS GOOD DEFINED AS SELF INTEREST THEN IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST WEALTHY!!!!!
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Helicon7007 2 months ago
He is smart, skilled and has many other qualifications, but what he has is what he is content with regardless of it's misfortunes. Any human will do what is more pleasing to them. No one wants to force themselves into discomfort.
higheddy89 2 months ago
No one has a gun up to the head of people that work at WalMart. Don't like it, leave. If XX amount of people leave and WalMart can't hire to fill the place, they will raise wages to be more appealing. If they choose not to raise wages, they'll close, and other stores will up and "fill in the gap." My Dad works at WalMart DC. It's tough, insurance sucks, but he made that choice, he doesn't complain about it, and he makes a decent living. If it really bothered him he would have quit long time ago.
higheddy89 2 months ago
@1963danno and cost for the consumer will skyrocket!
regdawgformerusmc 3 months ago 3
Specialty shops like a GameStop will always win over a Walmart. Knowledgable employees and wider selection of even more obscure titles will always appear there. At a Walmart I get a 50 year old woman who can't tell the difference in systems and can't give me advice if I'm having trouble. The key seems to be specialization in product to still win in this Walmart market.
TheVectorAnalysis 3 months ago
What I learned is that Walmart isn't charity and no business should be one. They make a profit by giving customers low prices and in return for customers, they save money. I don't see why Walmart has to change for ANYONE if they're creating a profit.
nureallycool 3 months ago
If that was my boss making me chant, I would quit my job.
htiberian 3 months ago
2 years back, walmart gave me a job when no one else would. it gave me an oportunity to learn some skills and make a living. But I guess the libs complaining about walmart would rather have me taking welfare checks...
VanessaTexasGal 3 months ago
Robert Reich is the most sane liberal economist in America. Still insane, but the most sane
Grambino2012 3 months ago
Unless it is stuff that is broken or the wrong item. then you return or exchange it.
tehatemachine 3 months ago
Consumers. REMEMBER, It's YOUR choice to shop or not to shop there. The reason why wallmart became so big is because of US. WE CHOSE to shop there. Don't get mad at the company selling you stuff you PAYED FOR.
tehatemachine 3 months ago
what do u want.. low prices or low wages?
sniped101 3 months ago
@Epicnerdgasm youre a gigantic idiot. and i did. you get rid of minimum wage the most likely scenarios will be: everyone starves only a few eat well, or everyone works for bullshit 2$ an hour......and all starve.
erik4727 3 months ago
2:35 "GREED is a smear for profit-seeking and successful" - the most appropriate definition of greed I have ever heard
creativeElemental 3 months ago 9
Of course the liberal is delusional and ugly as fuck as always
stebecool 4 months ago
also we should be tarrifing the fuck out of china to keep rich playing ball here or quit playing games alltogether, bring freedome back, oust bureaucracies.
assman255 4 months ago
wouldn't mind walmart worming out of social cost if the regular joe could aswell. I have to pay taxes on my land(unconstitutional)and build according to codes driving my price way up and I'm not allowed to pull out of town on horse and wagon,live off land in-between jobs yet wal-mart's lies are always believed by gov bureaucrats that we pay in denying us a few hundred bucks a month in-between getting screwed. I'm not for socialism but I was born in it & if I got to put up w/it so should the rich
assman255 4 months ago
@assman255 Government Interventions Ruins MANY small businesses and creates monopolies. People believe that is the result of free market capitalism. But it's actually the COMPLETE OPPOSITE. it's government that causes monopolies to sprout. Because only the big businesses can afford all of those permits and taxes.
tehatemachine 3 months ago
I worked there twice. first time I got a thank u for service letter after christmas. I wasn't a temp hire, i was hired prior to the temps and they kept me on till they made up lies to fire me as to avoid myself getting unemployment that yes they are taxed for but so is the employee and as theirs is "cost" as the employee is it's factored in to where the employee basically pays for what wal-mart avoids us getting.The second time was to big a joke to type about.
assman255 4 months ago
Here is your fucking hooray, I see that little tiny pc of shit labor secretary on the street, I'll give him a wow! Fuck wal-mart, they will crumble at some point, likely when people start destroying them for our own good. THEY PREY ON THE POOR AND STUPID, IF YOU SHOP THERE, THINK ABOUT THAT. Which one are you, poor or stupid?
HomeEnergyNow 4 months ago
Somebody just shoot that mother fucker, their food is shit and their biggest source of garbage is communist fucking china. Did you lose family fighting communism? AND NOW YOU FUCKING FINACIALLY SUPPORT IT! Somebody needs to start shooting guys like this, they'll get scared and quit this BS, or they should all get shot.
HomeEnergyNow 4 months ago
@HomeEnergyNow We aren't extremists. Why start killing people for thinking differently? That would show that we are no different from socialist dictatorships. the CONSTITUTION MUST ALWAYS BE UPHELD!
tehatemachine 3 months ago
@tehatemachine Thinking differently? When you buy shit from china, and promote that type of business, YOU ACT. Not think differently. We don't have to kill anybody, but maybe dropping every wally world into a pile of rubble would be better. Just set an example. Same with Target, Kmart, any business that thinks it is OK to monopolize little towns. We really should just educate IDIOT COMMUNISTS that buy shit from them!
HomeEnergyNow 3 months ago
Trade off, Walmart profits, customers save by sending essentially employing the Chinese, China benefits from disparity in slave labor wages and product sales.
Everyone's happy in the end right?
fububalla 4 months ago
@Epicnerdgasm
I agree,but first it is essential that barriers to entry are eliminated or at least scaled back as much as possible. Labour unions pushing for wage increases and more worker rights regulations are a symptom of a far greater problem. When governments regulate and mandate licensing requirements for certain industries and professions they price smaller competitors out of the market, meaning less employers competing for labour. More employers competing for labour drives up wages.
sadpuppy85 4 months ago
If people think Walmart employees are paid too little, they should tip the checkout people, just like they would a restaurant waiter or waitress.
nrkgalt 4 months ago
It is better to work at Walmart than to not have a job. Nobody is forced to work at Walmart, and nobody is forced to buy at Walmart.
sthomaslewis 4 months ago
Oh look, Robert Reich said something intelligent.
HiciacetKolas 4 months ago
@Epicnerdgasm you say that like Econ classes haven't been taken over by Keynesians.
worldofdraculas 5 months ago
if Walmarts wages are too low, dont work there!
KripDrip 5 months ago
@KripDrip If this were about low wages, that would work. But it isn't. It's about unions wanting to loot a very wealthy and successful chain of stores.
Look what the unions did to Detroit. Do you really think they care about anyone else but themselves?
DrCruel 5 months ago
Unions?? If this is really about unions, then how do you explain this graph??????
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Why was Detroit and all the jobs for Americans thriving back in the 50s? More than 3 times the entire workforce was part of a union. Why have the jobs over the years been gone when the number of workers in a union keep going DOWN?
KripDrip 5 months ago
@KripDrip I can't see your chart. But I can answer your question. When Ford first went to Detroit, their major export was timber. It took years to build up Detroit into an industrial powerhouse. It took decades for the UAW to drain Detroit of all its wealth and prosperity.
Now the unions have penetrated the public sector. More government employees are in a union than workers in the private sector for the first time in US history. It's also why the US government is going into default.
DrCruel 5 months ago
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@KripDrip I can't see your chart. But I can answer your question. When Ford first went to Detroit, their major export was timber. It took years to build up Detroit into an industrial powerhouse. It took decades for the UAW to drain Detroit of all its wealth and prosperity.
Now the unions have penetrated the public sector. More government employees are in a union than workers in the private sector for the first time in US history. It's also why the US government is going into default.
DrCruel 5 months ago
Americans don't know what low wages are 8.23$/h is not low wage,in my country 3.29$ is average and everything is 2-3X US prices,and there is many more countries with wages lower than that and still people manage to support families.
So STFU and be grateful for 8.23$/h
olhsaoagpaigfbp 5 months ago
@olhsaoagpaigfbp Not if rent is $1,200 a month.
Bloodsport1 5 months ago
@Bloodsport1 1200$ is high,what does that get you in USA?here lowest rates are around 420$ and it gets you a 400sqft apartment with 10-15 y.old ikea knockoff furniture
olhsaoagpaigfbp 5 months ago
@olhsaoagpaigfbp around nothing is $420, everything is either 800 and up. A studio apartment can cost around $1,000 alone. $8 bucks an hour cant cut it.
Bloodsport1 5 months ago
@olhsaoagpaigfbp It is low due to the purposely done inflation in our country. Your countries currency must be in really bad shape then ours is.
Shop at Target and help support them as Union are trying to be implemented to that chain. Union the parasites are leeching off Walmart the majority of people have a sad mental state of "You can't fire me if I am a bad worker without compensation!" have anyone seen Teachers with Union backing them up now that's disturbing.
kantoriX1 5 months ago
I'm glad at my last job I made $13.50 way more than $8-$9 whatever per hour
MaddDogg81 5 months ago
My mom was a member of the UFCW union. SHe did get paid well at over $20 an hour and my dad made almost 90,000 Canadian a year. SO I liked growing up upper middle class
MaddDogg81 5 months ago
if you don't want to make minimum wage then don't work a minimum wage job
MaddDogg81 5 months ago
@Epicnerdgasm You didn't pay attention to your American history class. But hey, if you have kids and want to send them to work in factories for pennies a day because your employer doesn't pay jack-shit, then good for you.
thirteendays13 5 months ago
@Epicnerdgasm - no min wage is possible if wage earners are all in a developed economy. now that we are integrating wages of developing economies (China, India) into a global-wage economy, how do feel about the gap between wages in the developed world and the developing world? you might also consider that wages are reflective of costs: historically, it has been more expensive to live in a developed economy (city, country). don't you think the gaps between developed, developing causes pause?
qncsc 6 months ago
How many jobs has that morron Paul Blank (apt last name) provided for people?
kurthanson2005 6 months ago
$8.23 an hour is apparently making them better off. Why must all companies pay wages that can support families? Have a stable, high wage first, then have an appropriate number of children (adopt if you want to improve the life of an otherwise not very well off child provided little opportunity).
Thatmakessense356 6 months ago
@Thatmakessense356 What you just said is that the basics expectations of life are a privilege E.G. having a home, having kids, having food and heat, ect. While that can be arguably so, you do have to remember that we still have to live around these people. I'm fairly well off, not because I work hard for a living, because I don't, but only because - like all other well-off people - I was lucky when it came to who my parents were, where I was born and such and I feel sorry for wal mart workers.
M1thotyn 6 months ago
@M1thotyn You can feel sorry for them. That's fine. That does not mean that any regulations should be passed to pay the workers the minimum wage. Assuming the min. wage is about $10, the executives, expected to maximize profits by their investors (probably you and I, assuming you have index funds as well), must cut the marginal workers that bring in only $9.99 or less in profit per hour. The best thing for the average walmart employee is fair (market based) compensation. (No lay-offs).
Thatmakessense356 6 months ago
@Thatmakessense356 I disagree morally with what you said. Because you're saying that it's best to keep people employed while being taken advantage of instead of risking their employment all together. That's like saying it's better that a person be raped with a condom instead of without. They're still needlessly screwed. We're giving them the option of either working to live in poverty, or to live in poverty without working. I say let the execs pay the rest of their salary, they don't deserve it.
M1thotyn 6 months ago
@M1thotyn If you want the workers of wal mart to be paid more, do it with your own money. Don't say that you are the ultimate moral authority, and steal the money of those who are rich to give it to the poor. You can't compare paying someone being paid a little bit of money to someone being raped. Being raped makes the person worse off whereas getting honest pay for honest work does not. You do not notice those who get raises after proving themselves as good employees. Please learn economics
Thatmakessense356 6 months ago
i'm glad wallmart has finaly arrived in Brazil, our retailers screwed for far too long!
lAljax 6 months ago
Get rid of the minimmum wage. If you disagree you are earning the minimum wage and that would turn you into poverty, or your costumers are earning the minimum wage and that would impact you sales, or you could loose your job to a person with less family to sustain, or you would need to emigrate to find a job well paid.
fenrirgg 7 months ago
I love walmart!!! Whoever is against it just hates capitalism and competition! Fucking commies!
deltaenforcer93 7 months ago
@deltaenforcer93 What competition? Did you start off from the same place as they did? No. You have the life that you do because it was given to you. You were born into a CLASS. You graduated high school with certain social and financial resources. If life were to be one big giant competition for who gets the air conditioned home and who gets to fuck off and suffer a miserable life, at least let everyone start off from the same point.
M1thotyn 6 months ago
Just because the customers like it doesn't mean it's good for them or the country. WalMart's ongoing criminal campaign against it's own employees, unions and American communities and taxpayers is well documented and lengthy. They have congress in their back pocket and that's why they haven't been indicted under RICCO and anti-trust statutes.
bddc201 7 months ago
@bddc201 Sorry but i think that i know what is better for you then you do..... That is basicaly what you are saying. Time for you to start respecting other people's voluntary choices. Because most people really know what is best for them and sure know it better then someone who doesnt even know them personally.
Jigssaw1989 7 months ago
@Jigssaw1989 Did you really read my post? Lot's of people "voluntarily" allow themselves to be victimized because the people in power control the "choices". I don't have to personally know anyone to know that WalMart is a soulless, evil, sociopathic corporate entity. What if someone offered you the "choice" of having your arms or your legs cut off? Would you feel that your amputation was voluntary?
bddc201 7 months ago
not exactly in favor of eliminating minumum wage but i am TOTALLY in favor of Lowering them below the national average.
technolovers2012 8 months ago
why are people struggling to make ends meet ? cause the factories that paid $10/hr and hired a thousand workers closed and were moved to china, where the same things are made cheap and get shipped to walmart where the 50 workers are hired for $8.00 / hr . the other 950 workers are on unemployment and "struggling".
desiguy55 8 months ago
America is not now nor has it ever been a libertarian or a socialist nation. Markets exist because "we the people" (govt) allow and encourage them to exist. We the people through out govt set the rules of the market because capitalism demands that profits are internalized and risk is socialized. Indeed, what America HAS become is a nation ruled by the wealthy and powerful who have bought and paid for our govt. Remove the oligarchs from govt and America can be great again.
ejcrist 8 months ago
hey when the lowest price is the law, you cant pay people top dollar to work there. Wal-mart is the ultimate to-big-to-fail!!!
lordrazr 8 months ago
I feel like everybody who works at Wal-Mart is really happy. I only go to one wal-mart but still, every worker is super happy and friendly.
adulby 8 months ago
Wal Mart keeps prices low by not providing health insurance to most of it's hourly employees. This means the taxpayer picks up that slack. You're being robbed blind by Wally World and you don't even realize it. Don't shop at Wal Mart if you love your country.
bddc201 9 months ago
if they dont like walmart because they are 'greedy', they dont understand capitalism. 'being greedy' is the foundation of capitalism.
Uprising771 9 months ago
Our local Walmart pays cashiers 11.70 per hour - many friends work there, no complaints....
TBaker1964 9 months ago
@TBaker1964 Woah, they make almost 2 thousand dollars a month BEFORE taxes? Damn. That can get you a ghetto apartment and a mcdonalds double cheeseburger EVERY DAY! If you have a spouse who also works at wal mart, then you could even afford a used car! For fucks sake that wouldn't even cover my monthly house payment and my neighborhood is barely middle class. I spent three months of their 1800 net salary just on landscaping work for my mere 3 acres of land last year. I don't even work!
M1thotyn 6 months ago
LOL 3:12
That should become the new Walmart hiring slogan "WALMART THE BEST JOB YOU CAN GET"
CCRider100 10 months ago
This is what happens when the cheap fucks have their way. When tightwad asshole consumers ONLY see the lowest price and nothing more, they get what they deserve. The bitter aftertaste of poor quality lasts FAR longer than the sweetness of a low price. They can't even conceive of the higher costs of just what a low price means.
Muzzy337 10 months ago
:34 Ambassador John Bolton what are you doing here?!
ObsoleteMachine 10 months ago
~1:44
Guy says that the hourly wage for people working at WalMart is not enough to sustain a family.
This would be a good time to illuminate the fact that if you have a family, and your CAREER is working at WalMart stocking shelves, you have a much bigger problem then what you get paid an hour.
These are jobs that teenagers used to do, but can't anymore, because paying a 16 yo kid 8 dollars an hour to stock shelves is stupid!!!!
EchoMike03 1 year ago 37
@EchoMike03
I wish everyone had your common sense.
It's worse here in San Francisco where the minimum wage is $10 an hour. Parents send there teenagers to camp every summer because young people can't find a job.
TimeWarp66 1 year ago 4
@TimeWarp66 that is true, the higher the min wage, the less likely an unskilled teen will be able to find a job. BTW, come to TX and get out of San Fran!! = )
ObsoleteMachine 10 months ago 2
@EchoMike03 agreed. these people forget that most of the work at walmart is unskilled labor. Its not shocking that type of work pays very little. If you want hire wages, learn a better skill and get an education.
CorpsmanUP87 10 months ago
@EchoMike03 agreed. these anti-walmart people forget that most of the work at walmart is unskilled labor. Its not shocking that type of work pays very little. If you want higher wages, learn a better skill and get an education.
CorpsmanUP87 10 months ago
@EchoMike03 agreed. these anti-walmart people forget that most of the work at walmart is unskilled labor. don't be shocked if that type of work pays very little. If you want higher wages, learn a better skill and get an education.
CorpsmanUP87 10 months ago
@CorpsmanUP87
Thanks man. Ya know, I spend most of my time replying to comments of leftist constantly beating on me it's nice to find some like minded voices.
EchoMike03 10 months ago 3
@EchoMike03 Common Sense for the soul. At least someone understands.
lockdown260 9 months ago
@EchoMike03 here, here...that douche bag also doesn't realize that wal-mart could pay it's employees a lot more if they weren't constantly getting sued but dip-shits like him.
HanStanwell 9 months ago
@EchoMike03 A lot of people, probably most people, don't get a choice as to what they do for a living. Only privileged kids who can live off mommy and daddies suburban estate get to do that. For the rest they have to take whatever job they can get before they are homeless and unable to find any employment at all.
M1thotyn 6 months ago
@EchoMike03 Dude ha ha ha ha ha. true comment but sadly many people dont follow that philosophy.
Bloodsport1 5 months ago
globalization with China making all the stuff in Wal Mart while higher taxes and regulations do not make them be made in America. Also, this makes Wal Mart monopolistic because they are fueled by Chinese and India slave labor to fuel the products as lower competition. As we have higher taxes and more regulations we are forced to shop at wal mart than locally where the majority of the money stays in the economy. I'm a libertarian but this economic warfare makes Wal Mart the enemy.
shiffty1032231 1 year ago
@shiffty1032231 way to twist fags retard. Slave labor is forced no one is FORCED to work at Wal Mart. you fail fucktard
sideim 11 months ago
@shiffty1032231 If you're a libertarian, then I'm the King of England.
jeffiek 8 months ago
Anything that gets bad press long enough eventually has some mainstream journalist come along to say everything you heard is wrong. And ppl will believe it. Walmart is often not cheaper. For example, Walmart over charges for healthier food. I swear to all who read this that I get the same brand at Whole Foods, of all places, cheaper than Walmart. Walmart is cutting costs but it is NOT passing it on to consumers. There's a myth for John Stossel to bust!
WarRogers 1 year ago
I want a Wal-Mart in my country!!!
Coteincdr 1 year ago
Wal Mart employees don't act that excited at work
MaddDogg81 1 year ago
i love how stossel doesn't address any of the points in the movie
MMZen 1 year ago
John Stossel addresses literally one percent of the points raised in "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices" (the movie he references in the beginning.) And everything he says here is addressed in that film. Keep an open mind and maybe check it out. I'm pretty sure you can watch it on YouTube for free.
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
talk in riddles? you don't even know what that means you pathetic mouth breather.
your children are really going to love working there!! hahaha tell them to have fun
rustyoneone 1 year ago
@nfwvideo1 .. I think you misunderstand the meaning of the phrase "have to" do something. No one has to work at all... people can choose to live in poverty, on the street and beg for food. If anyone does something by free-will then it is their choice and they didn't "have to" do anything... Does this make sense?
broggi007 1 year ago
@broggi007 you're funny. the choice made by the weakest individual in an equation being the ultimate dominoe
rustyoneone 1 year ago
@rustyoneone What's funny is your attempt to talk in riddles while trying to hide from the truth of it all. lol
broggi007 1 year ago
Of course Walmart is not the best at all deals, that is a myth to. I found some product in other stores sold cheaper like Ink cartridges in Fredmyres. I am not advocating boycotting Walmart I suggesting you to shop around to find better deals. If Walmart wins they win. But as a consumer you need to shop around to get the better deal on your side.
WEH1123 1 year ago
@nfwvideo1 So are you saying Walmart is holding a gun to the employess heads? Explain exactly how they are FORCED to work there?
myfirstscreename 1 year ago
The only people who hate Wal-Mart are rich snobby liberals who have no clue what it's like to cut coupons or buy a can of vegetables at 49 cents as opposed to 89 cents.
"The fairness that is the fabric of our society" -- Is that in the Constitution? Sounds more like the Communist Manifesto.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 I can't stand that "it's tearing the fabric of society" kinda Bs. Yeah, like we can't change the fabrics we're wearing......
DaveDoggOwns 1 year ago
@XKG80 Yes fairness is a staple of communism that capitalists don't believe in apparently. What a crazy concept. Do you see how by paying their workers low wages and denying them health insurance to which they are legally entitled, they create consumers for themselves and drive down the cost of their prices at the expense of their workers. Also, you saying "rich snobby liberals" doesn't make any sense. Conservatives tend to make more money than liberals, which is maybe why...
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness First, you're not legally entitled to health insurance--You're forced to buy insurance. Second, you fail to put "low wages" in context. We do not live in feudal times. The standard of living for the "poor" today is much higher than just 100 years ago. There are also things call pay raises and promotions. If you work at Wal-Mart for 20 years, you'll likely be running the store and making at least $50K. That means if you start at 18, you'll be top at 38. Is that not fair?
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 Employers are required to provide a health insurance plan to their workers are they not? That would make them legally entitled. The standard of living of the "poor" is not much higher today than 100 years ago in that parts of the world that America has exploited in order to elevate its own standard of living. If you work at Wal-Mart for 20 years you will likely be greeting people at the door. Beyond that, Wal-Marts sexist and racist promotion policies are well-known and documented.
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness No, employers are not required to provide a health insurance plan. This is only a "requirement" if it is bargained in the employment contract, i.e. the employer has offered insurance as part of its compensating the worker for his/her labor. If the employers fails to provide it, then you have a case. Otherwise, an employee has choices. Here's a solution: Don't work at Wal-Mart. And if Wal-Mart can't find employees, maybe they'd consider giving more benefits.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 I was a swing manager at the McDonald's where I worked at 17. Quit making assumptions about me, it only weakens your point. Wal-Mart does claim to offer health insurance, it is in their contracts, but when it comes time to deliver, workers are directed to Medicare. So according to your own description, I do have a case. I already pointed out that poor people in need of employment do not have the option to simply "not work at Wal-Mart." If Wal-Mart is the only one hiring and you...
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness A broad claim to offer health insurance is not legally binding. It's got to be in the individual worker's contract. If they renege, the worker can sue. And there are literally tens of thousands of lawyers who would LOVE to sue Wal-Mart.
If they actually had a case, don't you think the ACLU would take it up?
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 ...have kids to feed, guess what? You're working at Wal-Mart whether you like it or not. I love how you're saying liberals are "rich and snobby" and "don't know what it's like to cut coupons" yet you're telling people in minimum wage positions to simply find another job if they aren't being treated fairly at their current one. People who do know what it's like to cut coupons, also know that you can't just quit a job you don't like. This is a ridiculous fallacious argument that has...
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness "You're working at Wal-Mart whether you like it or not."
You'll just never be able to overcome this fallacy. You can drive a delivery truck, you can clean houses, you can fix computers.
And yes, it is snobby liberals who think Wal-Mart is the only job poor people can achieve. Bullshit. They are much more capable than you think.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 ...no basis in reality whatsoever. You say I glorify certain communist countries for being fair, yet I have articulated to you that no true communist country has existed. I also have not glorified any country that claimed to be communist and I wouldn't. 1) Because no such country was truly communist and 2) I'm not a communist. The rest of your statement here does not apply to me so I won't respond to it.
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness Oh yes, the old "there has never been a true communist government" argument. Doesn't it ever occur to you that communism is inherently self-corrupting? That's why it fails. That's why it can never be done. Six graders can figure this out.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 But there has never been a true communist government. In a true communist state the state dissolves. I already explained to you that I'm not a communist. Have you actually read the Communist Manifesto? You don't seem to really understand the ideas put forth in it.
Are you seriously telling me that you think people can just get another job? I specifically said "IF WAL-MART IS THE ONLY ONE HIRING ... You're working at Wal-Mart whether you like it or not." Did you deliberately...
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness When is Wal-Mart the "only one hiring"? What the hell are you talking about?
And again, why are you so opposed to the idea of poor people creating their own jobs? Screw Wal-Mart. People can do their own thing.
I live in TX. Mexican immigrants run the whole economy. None of them have these coveted degrees. Half of them don't even speak English. But scores of them have boatloads of cash--mechanics, landscaping, food service, all small businesses. They don't need Wal-Mart.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 I am talking about the world here. You don't seem to comprehend the big picture. America has prospered because of capitalism. Poor people in America, while still destitute in many cases, are better off than people in the developing world. I acknowledge this. But you seem to think that America and American corporations are one entity that did this on its own. I'm telling you that the impoverished nations are already part of America's capitalist system and they are the ones I am...
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@XKG80 ...speaking of. These people working at the Wal-Mart sweatshops, and yes they are sweatshops, in Cambodia, can't just do these things you're talking about. You are just coming across as so naive right now it's ridiculous.
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@XKG80 Answer me this: do you honestly believe that everyone who is poor is doing so by choice? Because that is the implication of what you're saying. If they wanted to, they could just get a better job and make lots of money, but they don't, either because they are lazy or incompetent. So, in other words, they are poor by choice?
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness Somewhere down the line you have to work to eat. And compared to labor throughout history, and even in the world today, Wal-Mart is pretty good. They make lots of money and many, many people choose to work there.
As a side point, it is unfair to compare Wal-Mart's work conditions only to other retailers. There are other jobs where people suffer more and are paid less.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 ...misquote me or did you genuinely not understand the sentence? I never said Wal-Mart is the only job poor people can "achieve." Stop putting words in my fucking mouth. I have been poor my whole life and worked to get myself to university and it is extremely offensive to me that you assume and imply that I am lazy, incompetent, and privileged as you have done several times now. That is the capitalist mentality, though, isn't it? If you aren't a wealthy CEO it's because you are...
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@XKG80 ...incompetent, right? You have no idea how the world really works. There isn't enough room for all labourers to "work their way up" to be part of the elite. That's what makes it an elite, the fact that it is extremely difficult to break into regardless of how hard working and intelligent you may be. If you are born impoverished you are less likely to be able to afford a university degree. You will not be promoted within a corporation past assistant store management without a...
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness You don't have to be part of the elite to be successful, idiot.
What is this BS that a "corporation" won't promote you past Asst Manager without a degree? That's ridiculous. You been to a retail store lately?
I love the basis of your argument though--If the "impoverished" do not reach the absolutely elite of one of the biggest corporations in the world, then the whole system is fucked. Better to just scrap it and institute a totalitarian regime.
What an idiot.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 ...degree. Degrees require money. I feel like I'm talking to a child. This is how life is. Capitalism does not provide true freedom, because if it were true freedom, it would be for everyone. It's not. Capitalism makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. The gap between the rich and poor has been widening globally for decades now because of the capitalist system.
As for your point about no one suing Wal-Mart, they are currently involved in the largest class-action lawsuit...
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness The rich getting richer, and the poor getting poorer. YAWWNNNNNNNN............ Communism was never practiced correctly. YAWNNNNNNNNNN..... Corporations are taking over our lives... YAWNNNNNNNN......
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 And way to address my points about the Communist Manifesto. It's pretty clear you haven't read it. Don't you think it's a little closed-minded to dismiss a philosophy that you haven't even read?
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness I'm an immigrant from Cuba. Believe me, I've read it. Trust me, Wal-Mart is better than slave labor camps.
You've basically conceded every point. You're reduced to saying people are poor in Cambodia and Bangladesh and can't start businesses there. OK, that is true, and America is a great country that has amazing freedoms. I wish for those countries capitalism, not communism. Cuba is getting more liberal, but 10 years ago, it was illegal to sell cookies from your home.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 I'm not "reduced" to saying that, that's what I've been saying from the beginning, that's my problem with Wal-Mart. Are you really this dumb or are you pretending?
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness No, the picture you painted before was someone who "has kids to feed," that working at Wal-Mart was their only option, and that they were not getting the health benefits guaranteed to them. You got backed into a corner, and now you're talking about sweatshops.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 That isn't what I originally said. Wal-Mart exploits people in America and outside of America. That has been my point on this video since I first saw it. I didn't get backed into a corner or change my stance at all. If you want to go back and read everything I've posted here and on other Wal-Mart videos you can but it will take you a while. I have articulated to you 4 times now that I'm not a communist. I'm sick of saying things to you and you not understanding, willfully or...
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@XKG80 ...otherwise.
So you are saying poor people are poor by choice? You are saying poor people fit into two categories: those who "sit on their asses" and those who can't "come up with ideas." In other words, if someone is poor, they must be either lazy or incompetent?
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness No, it's the reverse. If you're a lazy person, you're likely to be a poor person. But poor people who work hard can many times write their own ticket, e.g. Sam Walton.
Hard work makes up for deficiencies in privilege or education. This is why I don't believe poor people are handicapped or at a very serious disadvantage in America. They can beat out lazy privileged people and lazy educated people, which are plentiful in America.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 "They can beat out lazy privileged people and lazy educated people, which are plentiful in America." Really? You really think if the disabled child of a single-mother who is sick and has no health insurance works hard enough, he can beat out lazy privileged people? Paris Hilton? I couldn't possibly point to all the examples of this not being true.
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness Disabled child? Well, depends on the disability. Some people overcome their disability and do really well. I know a man from Africa who is blind but is an expert in writing wills for people.
If you can't work, the system should (and does) help take care of you. This really has nothing to do with work ethic. The rest is up to your family and friends to help. Incidentally this is a practical reason why "family (or friend!) values" are important.
XKG80 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness But yes, I know, you're willing to trash the entire system and move to a regime because there will always invariably be at least one poor soul out there who doesn't make it.
Until then, I have to explain that there will be poor and unfortunate people in any system you have--even in systems where the primary mission was to eliminate poverty. The "disabled child of a single mother" still has that reality even if he lives under communist dictatorship.
XKG80 1 year ago
@XKG80 How is the FACT that no Marxist country ever existed a "theory" that has been "debunked?" How is the FACT that the rich have been getting richer and the poor have been getting poorer a "theory" that has been "debunked?" You having heard something before doesn't mean you can just say "yawn" and have addressed that point. That's not how debate works. Do you think you're making sense or are you trolling me? "Family values" have no place in politics. Are you seriously trying...
watermelonygoodness 1 year ago
@watermelonygoodness The problem is that the system is inherently flawed. It cannot be implemented as dreamed. That's the flaw. Few people think communism is a bad idea on its face. Yes, I'd say it has been sufficiently debunked.
Whether family values enters a political arena is another matter, but my argument is that making strong families and friendships is a very good alternative to having the govt intervene, where available, of course. Your family cares for you more than the government.
XKG80 1 year ago