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ProudMNDemocrat

(16,478 posts)
8. Which is why I shop at Costco .
Mon Jan 1, 2018, 06:59 PM
Jan 2018

They have the best business model of any Big Box retail giant. People over Profits.

Costco does indeed pay good wages, treat their employees good, offer benefits, and allows unionization. When a company takes care of its people, the people takes care of the customer.

Exactly! lkinwi Jan 2018 #1
Excellent! dhol82 Jan 2018 #2
BINGO n/t kacekwl Jan 2018 #3
That means Walmart, most big Fast Food resturant chains, Grocery and Big Box stores, etc. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #4
Walmart could pay a living wage and still clean up big time! Quixote1818 Jan 2018 #5
Which is why I shop at Costco . ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #8
Exactly. That's why the place is always mobbed. Great deals on quality products. SunSeeker Jan 2018 #27
I avoid them too. But I love Costco... GetRidOfThem Jan 2018 #13
Call it what it is... tecelote Jan 2018 #17
This! TexasBushwhacker Jan 2018 #31
FDR had a good comment about corporations and wages -- RandomAccess Jan 2018 #6
+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #15
FDR got it.. whathehell Jan 2018 #28
He used the term "business" (not limited to corporations) SharonAnn Jan 2018 #33
Good point RandomAccess Jan 2018 #35
I'll subscribe to that! nt marybourg Jan 2018 #7
Exactly Phoenix61 Jan 2018 #9
Makes sense to me!! Doitnow Jan 2018 #10
Agreed!! BadgerMom Jan 2018 #11
No corporation should get a tax cut paleotn Jan 2018 #12
They should offer tax cuts for offering a living wage. forgotmylogin Jan 2018 #29
I will use this OP to illustrate a pet peave of mine: ret5hd Jan 2018 #14
+1 if we put cuts at risk corporation will not hire the needy dembotoz Jan 2018 #16
So are you more emotionally attuned to reply #1 or reply #2? ret5hd Jan 2018 #18
2 dembotoz Jan 2018 #22
If it's the disabled they can provide an exception for hiring them. cstanleytech Jan 2018 #20
I agree completely. ret5hd Jan 2018 #21
Your concerns can be remedied by simply passing a law like what we have now in CA. SunSeeker Jan 2018 #30
That wont fix anything Lee-Lee Jan 2018 #34
I agree the reward system is the better way to go. nt SunSeeker Jan 2018 #36
Furthermore employers should be denied from asking an employee or an applicant if they receive cstanleytech Jan 2018 #19
yesss. AllaN01Bear Jan 2018 #23
Only if the tax cut proceeds don't go directly to bottom line employees. n/t Pobeka Jan 2018 #24
Sounds like Bernie. zentrum Jan 2018 #25
Yep. Bernie often said Wal Mart should "get off of welfare" on the campaign trail. PatsFan87 Jan 2018 #32
Absolutely. zentrum Jan 2018 #37
What he said.. whathehell Jan 2018 #26
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