[Jewelry making - Article 00369] - [Orchid] The Age of Walmart on CNBC

[Catherine Ondrey]

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    I wasn't feeling good tonight, so I tried to rest and turned on the
    TV  and saw this 2-hour special.  I found it very interesting.  I'm 
    wondering if anyone else saw it and what your thoughts were.  

    Among the many reasons I don't like Wal-Mart, I came up with a
    couple  more after watching this program.  First, there's no way I'm
    going to  get paid minimum wage and have to attend a seminar that
    starts at 7am on  a Saturday morning and sing and dance the Wal-Mart
    song.. LOL  Second, I  never realized those employees getting
    minimum wage are getting only a  very small portion of their health
    benefits paid.  Personally, I'm  disgusted.  Another interesting
    point was the portion about the  Wal-Marts now moving into China and
    how the top selling items in the  stores are food.  There were
    interviews with consumers in China talking  about how they were able
    to get their food so much cheaper at Wal-Mart  than at the local
    farmers markets, so many small farmers are not going  to be able to
    make ends meet. 

    I know there may be a ton of arguments about this... but there is no
    way  someone can convince me that a Wal-Mart moving into a town and 
    eventually forcing the closure of 20+ small businesses and replacing
     them with 400 Wal-Mart "associate" jobs paying $5.15 an hour with
    little  or no health benefits is a "good" thing and part of "global"
    economy.   Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against "global
    economy" - but let's  level the playing field here... If we are
    going to be a player in global  economy than I want to see a major
    cut in taxes, housing and property  taxes cut in half and I want my
    health care paid for by the government.   

    I figure I probably won't live to see the day.. but in about 40
    years  everyone in America is either going to be a) working for the
    government  b) a member of the military (still in Iraq..), or c) a
    Wal-Mart  "associate".  

    Sorry if I offend anyone with my views on this subject.  I don't
    take  many stands politically, but the issue with global economy and
    companies like Wal-Mart really to get to me.

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