The Hidden Costs of Walmart

[starguard]

I've had more fear of Walmart Customers than their products

[astrid14999]

CHINA has America by the throat and it is slowly strangling the MONEY from it.

CHINA is booming the USA is a wreck, the jobs will never come back and go ahead and vote your Oboma 'Hope & Change' back in for 4 more years.

In 4 years your country will be SOCIALIST and 3rd world, except for Oboma and his socialist thugs and the Waltons...

[GuardianoftheSource]

@astrid14999

"In 4 years your country will be SOCIALIST and 3rd world, except for Oboma and his socialist thugs and the Waltons..."

The U.S. economy has been growing not shrinking.

You need to read a book and actually research somewhere other then a conspiracy theorist website.

You loony claims are as credible as Harold Campings ""we all gonna get raptured in May.

[astrid14999]

The Waltons have UNDERGROUND bunkers, they know the economy is going to collapse and they do NOT care.

They do NOT invest money in the USA, nor does Bill Gates they know the USA economy is waiting to melt down.

2008 is nothing compared to a total collapse of the dollar, it will take wheelbarrow's full to buy your FAVORITE CHINA trinkets from Wal-Mart then....

Rome collapse, the USA is collapsing everyday, no jobs and Oboma printing money with NO gold to back it up and borrowing from CHINA!

[astrid14999]

CHINA is telling America to stop spending money on the military and defense projects.

I wonder why, they are going to crash the economy and TAKE what they want.

CHINA is already buying up FARMLAND by tens of thousand of acres.

Americans cannot wait to shop at Wal-Mart to buy 100% CHINA made trinkets and pay a premium price for them.

50% of the income from Wal-Mart is from TAXPAYERS because they have the entire welfare/foodstamp base shopping there. PATHETIC & SAD

USA = NO FUTURE

[astrid14999]

The USA is bankrupt, and the USA owes about 50 TRILLION in DEBT it cannot payback.

ONLY fools shop at this store it is 95% MADE IN CHINA all junk trinkets.

What is wrong with Americans, you will eventually lose your high paying middle class job, as NO country can import 100% from CHINA and keep BILLION's going to COMMUNIST CHINA.

Oboma does NOT want anything made in USA, fools are listening to a socialist bankrupting the USA.

CHINA is getting impatient with America now...

[Darkboy4085]

I think some of you are missing the point here. Buy it from Walmart if it's made in the United States. If its made outside of the United States don't purchase it. Buying things made here creates jobs here. If the American consumer creates that demand the jobs will follow in short order. There are currently over 200 million people living in the United States. Imagine if they all purchased most of their things from the country they live in.

[GuardianoftheSource]

@Darkboy4085

". Buy it from Walmart if it's made in the United States."

I will buy the best product regardless of national origin. If I can get a superior product that is American I will buy that if it is Chinese I will buy that.

If you can't compete you deserve to go out of business. Manufacturer something you can sale cheaper and of better quality than a China man.

U.S. exports 300 billion less than China with less than 1 billion the population.(CIA)So manufacturing is strong.

[TheRmaravilha]

if you go to target i think 80% are not made in china , so i think we people need to watch and learn... , we are one planet !

[m8s4lif]

If we want more products to be made in the USA, then we need to help to make it less expensive to do business in the USA. Compare the requirements of businesses in the US to other countries. Yes, many of those requirements are good things, but we can only afford so many good requirements before businesses can no longer compete.

[darksion09]

A lot of tainted pet food was made in the U.S. The company I work for bought the company that killed the thousands of dogs a few years ago. Industry secret: We have no choice in what we buy, my company produces a number of pet food products many with identical formulas and slaps different store brand labels on it. Ol'roy(Wal-Mart) is identical to Dollar Generals Everpet. Where is the capitalism we are told about in that scenario?

[bigboizism]

This is really stupid... like 70% of all goods that are sold in North America are made in China, Pakistan, India and other Asian countries with low living standards. Don't like it? I suggest you start cutting ur pubes and knitting sweaters out of that..."For the Children". PHAGGGG

[mtoasty]

If you actually read my first post, I stated I buy a food product, simply orange at Walmart for $4.98. Why would I go anywhere else such as Albertson's where they charge $6.59? You do the math. I also said this is a free country, you don't like Walmart, then don't shop there, it really is that simple.

[STreeMonkey]

I'd like to know one day when I purchased a CD burner factory sealed with HP tape, how it was when i got home it was someones used CD Reader inside the package. They tried to stall the situation and I called BBB and got it replaced immediately.

[mtoasty]

The great thing about freedom is, if you don't like a company, don't buy from them. I will continue to shop at Walmart because I save money on products I buy there. Why should I pay $6.52 for Simply orange (An American product) at Albertson's when I can buy the same product in Walmart for $4.98?

[renijohn012270]

@mtoasty Because WalMart put mom and pop shops out of business, therefore, offering cheap Chinese products that are tainted, break or don't work in 2 years will cost you more in the long run. If I buy a pair of shoes at Walmart, those shoes will last me 6 months. If I bought them at a quality mom and pop shop, they would last me 3 years. So in essence, we pay more in the long run and spend more at WalMart cause cheap crap is cheap crap! Keep buying cheap crap and see where that gets you

[mtoasty]

@renijohn012270 Once again why would I pay 30% more for the exact same product? I don't buy everything at Wal mart. You harp on Chinese products while ignoring that Walmart is the largest grocer in the USA and the product I mentioned is actually made in the USA. If you want to bitch about all the unsafe and unfair trade practices from China, it seems to me that your bitch should be with Washington that allows it, not Walmart.

[renijohn012270]

@mtoasty First of all, I'm not bitching, nor did I say anything about trade policies. You obviously ignored what I said or refused to see another side of the story besides your own. If you are buying a product, NOT FOOD, from Walmart, that product is made cheaply, therefore, the life of that product is more likely to break down. Which means, like I said before, I would have to buy TWO pairs of shoes costing $70 -vs- buying 1 quality pair of shoes for $50 that last longer. Do the math!

[ailedbyfate]

Good thing I don't have any kids or pets...

[Utube73720091]

walmart Im not impressed why cant you give back jobs in your own country and have things made in america by walmart I dont get it here in Canada its the same way.

[6308281]

Americans are the biggest consumers of cheap crap in the world. Americans aren't suddenly going to get a conscience or an eye for quality, Walmart will still be packed with idiots buying junk.

[DJMC5ive]

lol...the comment right below mine....

[zakaslam1]

IF this  is what you think of wall mart then fuck you ! we going to china instead and we going to take all the jobs with us too ! " In china we love wall mart " Thankyou china FROM WALL MART ...

[gopconservative78]

@hekifier typical communist......go jizz on your hero Stalin or that Magic Negro

[lamourlupus]

Americans who firmly support outsourcing of everything, please give them a first class ticket to the People's Republic of China and declare them Persona Non Grata when they try to visit the US.

[MrFrowningTurtle]

Walmart is made by americans and Walmart is ignorant, selfish, and greedy. Nuff said.

[lamourlupus]

Walmart, their competitors, and many in other fields also successfully coerce or coax their suppliers and manufacturers to Out Source know being addressed as "Right Sourcing." Much of the blame goes to many, who want low prices not thinking they will be replaced with those at lower wages and benefits. Voting and politicians are only two venues. Average people need to create informed grass roots movements, to effectively and efficiently counter the current accepted behavior and way of living.

[flores1091]

@Ben85paintball it is awesome. but we could make it a whole lot better then what it is. there are too many greedy, careless people in power. they need to be removed... instead the good guys are the ones that end up shot and killed.. theres no point in living in a good country if the government doesnt give a crap if you eat. wee need to help one another.

[zeldafreak000]

@Ben85paintball well.....i used to think America was awesome.....then i learnt a bit over a few years...and i realized.....this country sucks........

FUCK PATRIOTISM....there trying to make you htink this countries great,besides the 1000's of problems

[bribomcbainjr]

Those overseas jobs that most Americans won't do help people in those countries escape poverty. In poor countries, those factories routinely pay twice what local factories pay. And no one forces them to work there, so why should you prevent them from entering into a contract on their own free will? Walmart earns more capital which they invest into the American economy. Everyone is better off, prices are lower, and the standard of living increases because we all pay less for consumer products.

[flores1091]

@bribomcbainjr but that runs many family owned stores out. imagine a wallmart opening up in a little town.and all the little stores close down. what is left for that family? to work at walmart for shit pay? where i live, lake worth fl. a walmart tryed to open a store. but we the people did not allow it. it put to many places at risk.

[1ex1uger]

Good video/commercial, but referring to China as a 'communist' nation is a joke. The Chinese government is 'communist' in name only; in practice, it is even more ruthlessly capitalist than America (Sweatshops, virtually non-existent labour standards, and the prevalence of lead in commodities are testaments to this fact).

[arzama1]

@1ex1uger Finally I come across a person who understands that the countries we title 'communist' are just capitalist. And I hope you realize the same thing when we call ourselves 'democracy'.

[1ex1uger]

@arzama1

You are right to be critical of the western monopoly over the term 'democracy.' Not all countries have elections, but some of them are more 'democratic' than western governments to the extent that they encourage direct forms of political participation (i.e. district councils of which every citizen is a part and encouraged to participate in) or are generally more respectful of the public's will.

Is an elected gov't that goes against what it was elected to do really 'democratic'?

[arzama1]

@1ex1uger and we have a two-party system who can't even agree with each other, yet both of their outcomes are exactly the same. We are pretty much dominating the world. We sell weapons to everyone. Our military punishes US army members who speak out against them. The reality is that America is NOW Capitalist and Fascist, and it's fair to say that most countries in the world have the same government. The name of the game is MONEY and POWER.

[Ary0728]

@arzama1 Completely agree! We are one dictator short of Fascism, and anyone that doesn't see that is a damn fool.

[MFP1520]

Walmart cares about one thing money and there stock holders.Fuck the workers your just a number at the bottom of the page.I try not to shop WALMART.I do shop at the little guys store first.

[musicalidea]

The hidden cost of doing so much business in China is the fate of millions of exploited Chinese sweat shop laborers, many of whom are children. 100-114 hours a week, 7 days a week for less than $.30/hr, crowded 12-20 in a factory dormitory, with room only on their beds to store personal property. They are human beings too, and possess the same degree of natural intelligence as any American or European. End child labor imports: pass the Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act!

[GhostStanza]

@musicalidea: Exactly, human slavery still continues to exploit even in today's time. It's very sad. Buying some random product for a dollar shouldn't be more valuable than speaking out against this kind of abuse. This Greed just cripples its own community.

[iluvugo]

And yet so many continue to steal it off the shelves. The theft rate at the wal-mart I worked for was through the roof.

[spazzcat03]

Lol " If I'm a Idiot there must be a million Walmart employess that are to then ! Lol "

[G1SpaceDoll]

STOP SHOPPING AT WAL-MART

[spazzcat03]

I'm a walmart Employee and i really enjoy working for them I just wish they paid me more for what all I do for them . Every time I come to work I give them my 100% . But then again there are other jobs that are a lot worse than us . At least we have Insurance and I get a Discount card too , So were not all that bad like were made out to be by some people . It's the best job I ever Had ! RKS.

[G1SpaceDoll]

@spazzcat03 Your an idiot, that is what Wal-Mart wants you to think. Watch the YouTube video MADE IN CHINA, and lets see if you like your WAL-MART job after your done watching it.

[orsonzg]

Walmart is pure evil, they pay foreign factory workers so little, if they increased minimum wage maybe the quality would be much better, after all what you pay is what you get... dont blame china

[DevSodDribble]

This is bullshit; All of these ads were paid for by a union that just wants a piece of the Wal Mart pie!! Like Wal Mart leads the way in recalled products on their shelves...???

[KaiserVadin]

I wouldn't care if the china workers where not in sweat shops but they are !

[DevSodDribble]

@KaiserVadin And if they weren't, they'd be out working a field in the blazing sun, making no money at all. Watch the Penn and Teller episode about WalMart-this is union propaganda.

[xMusicalMelancholyx]

fuck u i love walmart xD

[ElCallado]

cheap assholes shopping at wal mart. shit, let their kids play with the lead painted toys. my kids get toys from target

[xgotarox]

@ElCallado wow. target and walmart are basically the same -_-; the only difference is target charges more.....

[OctoMoose]

How could we afford not to with prices that low.

[BlueMexicanRM3]

ALL LATINOS BEWARE!!! cuzz recently la migra will stop by!!!

[TheEddieg101]

People like to give their money china and in return they get crapy merchantdise. God Bless America.

[partygirl209]

we don't have Wal-Marts in Britiain!!

[Spotlight56]

You don't want them...

[MAKROVER]

Good for you, here in Veracruz Mexico is the worst supermarket, "low" prices? my ass!

MEGA Comercial Mexicana or Chedraui are better than WalMart

[partygirl209]

i kinda wished we had some of the food they have (mmm...Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, chocolate covered pretzels, butterfingers, Baby Ruth, Tootie rolls, ect...)

[OctoMoose]

Britiain? Lol .........sad really.

[Cargo1273]

@partygirl209 Yes you do. They're called ASDA that's the name Walmart uses over there.

[partygirl209]

@Cargo1273 oh yeah, i heard something about that!!

[SiSkO18]

FUCK WALMART!! Simple... in two words!

[6308281]

Its funny here is acompany that has force many american manufactures to go to china and close the factories here where things were built without poisens.Now walmart sells toys with lead in them,Poisens like cyanide and chemicals that has cause a major increase in sick and dieing children in this country. America why in the world do you want to kill your own children. Why are you helping Walmart support the communist state of China. watch "why communism fails" do you support COMMUNISM

[chupchap88]

You cant really blame wal Mart for all these. People see that the stuff are made in china, and most people are aware of the cost it bears in developing countries, yet everyone shops at WalMart. Its not walmart who are the bastards, its the customers who are knowingly buying products which harm people/animals/environment. Well done american consumers

[JaniceParton]

chupchap88

You most certainly can blame walmart. Where ever these stores land, you can bet they will push most other stores out. And yes, as I said, I shop at walmart, mainly for food, on rare occastion I need a household item. Just try to find anything made other than china. After 5 failed purchases I quit buying chinas crap. What ticks me off is, walmart floods the stores with items they pay next to nothing for, but price as if it were made in USA, plus. No, they are bastards in every way.

[chupchap88]

@JaniceParton

Its great to hear there are such exceptions like yourself. But when I walk into an Walmart, I probably will see one out of 15 customers checking the country of origin before checking the price of the desired product. One cant really blame the american customers alone, its only human to satisfy personal needs before the need of a community.

If people stick together, and state that we will NOT buy products that harm animals, it will make an effect. afterall we are the customers!!

[animekid360x]

what is the name of the music in the background at 0:10 to 0:29?

[saharra22469]

It's not just Wal-mart though. When we buy from them, we are giving China more power, financially and otherwise..over us. We are bankrupt as a country. We borrow from them, then give it back to them by buying their products. Our biggest mistake as a nation was letting manufacturers and companies take their businesses overseas. WE need them back here. Please Boycott Chinese products. It is possible to find products made in other countries or here. Do it for our economy and your countries future.

[JaniceParton]

saharra22469

I agree 100%. Corporate greed run amuck, it totally disgusts me. These companies were built on the Americans hard work, not to mention dedication. Most of them were so big cities grew around them. Now the workers are wondering how to feed the families, the cities are nearly bankrupt. I'm sorry, but when a company gets that big, they have an obligation not only to their workers but to the city as well. What they did was beyond imagination. Made in China is junk and way over priced.

[456599]

Why pay more somewhere else?

[saharra22469]

To help your own country, your own economy...boycott! To guit giving China power of us. It will become much worse if you don't start now.

[thewanderingshrew]

Toy that costs $0.18 to manufacture in a Chinese sweat shop Walmart charges you $14.95 for. Walmart is the epitome of evil corporations.

[saharra22469]

Interesting.....ppl don't care about the animals, dogs, cats China skins alive to make Wal-mart wallets, shoes, purses, fur trimmed items. PPL don't care about the slave children, some toddlers that work in Bangledesh to sew those products for Wal-mart, 12 hrs. a day, 7 days a week, even while they are sick, sleeping on the concrete floor because they have no home. But just let the spoiled customer get a tainted item and it's a different story. PPL need to have some feelings for others.

[lucasmagalhaes]

thats so true, and for the person who voted the one thumb down, he might be one member of the Walton family (walmat owners)

[6308281]

walmart does not give a shit if your kid dies from the shit they sale -

[dunkafelic]

@6308281 well that's obvious. there's only ONE thing walmart cares about, and we all know what that is.

Costco has prices just as low, and THEY do everything the right way.

[secksivn]

@6308281 Walmart doesnt give a shit if its employees die from being worked to the BONE! lol COuld tell you that from being on the inside.

[peakster753]

@secksivn sadly, that is true of too many companies today and I hope to see the day it catches up to them

[ComaLies225]

I never had. The poor treatment of Workers is one thing, but when they are selling unsafe products from CHINA, then it's time someone should really stop Walmart. I'm glad there isn't a walmart here.

[samraajni]

I will never shop there again!