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rhett o rick

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6. The Walton's wallow in greed to the point that they would kill the goose. Idiots blinded by greed.nm

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2013, 08:58 PM

May 2013

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"Wal-Mart Could Easily Pay $12 An Hour" [View all] applegrove May 2013 OP

But then many of its workers wouldn't qualify for government programs dflprincess May 2013 #1

Could, but won't liberal N proud May 2013 #2

walmart would have to raise prices a lot to do this. Mosby May 2013 #3

or lose some of their obscene profits. niyad May 2013 #5

I can't stand Walmart. At all. BlueCheese May 2013 #7

would appreciate a link to that. kind of hard to imagine that the walton bloodsuckers amassed niyad May 2013 #9

With annual revenue of $420 billion it is not too hard to imagine. hack89 May 2013 #10

Maybe the poster was refering to this? Fla_Democrat May 2013 #17

I looked it up on Yahoo Finance, I think. BlueCheese May 2013 #41

No, not at all, you're thinking about it like we have been told 4 t 4 May 2013 #8

The Walton family ought to be guillotined. n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #15

Well, according to the article... PotatoChip May 2013 #13

Going over the numbers myself Mosby May 2013 #27

And they don't have the lowest prices. nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #39

Actually, the study cited in the OP says they don't. backscatter712 May 2013 #14

You can't be bothered to read the entire first sentence in the OP? (nt) jeff47 May 2013 #24

Not necessarily. Look at Costco, one of Walmart's competitors PA Democrat May 2013 #30

yeah, they could raise wages w/out price increases Mosby May 2013 #40

I think you can draw conclusions about personnel costs PA Democrat May 2013 #42

But they don't, because people let them get away with paying less. Brickbat May 2013 #4

In a dumbass "right to work" state, whatcha gonna do? nt raccoon May 2013 #18

The same thing people did when organizing was illegal the first time around. Brickbat May 2013 #38

The Walton's wallow in greed to the point that they would kill the goose. Idiots blinded by greed.nm rhett o rick May 2013 #6

They need the money, though NewJeffCT May 2013 #22

The Post Office in my zip code is advertising jobs starting at $15 a hour. WM should pay that. freshwest May 2013 #11

The truly sad part My Good Babushka May 2013 #12

To me the truly sad part is that so many people lack the education or training to be able Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #16

There is no reason we can't build a floor and a ladder at the same time. nt. My Good Babushka May 2013 #23

How libertarian of you.... Wounded Bear May 2013 #28

Advocating state-funded education is libertarian? Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #29

Perhaps not..... Wounded Bear May 2013 #31

I will go a step further nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #37

You of course realize that Walmart has college graduates among it's ranks nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #36

This is a publicly traded company so it really is the stock holders that would need bighart May 2013 #19

Good thought, could work..... Purplehazed May 2013 #32

I would bet the majority of stock is owned by the 1%. rhett o rick May 2013 #33

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Quick search shows bighart May 2013 #21

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The purpose of low wages is to keep workers hungry and fearful. hunter May 2013 #26

Spot on. nt DLevine May 2013 #34

This follows the Deimos study nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #35