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cliffordu

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18. Jesus. Bet them laws don't apply

Reply to DotGone (Reply #13)

Thu May 30, 2013, 01:47 PM

May 2013

If you live in a 500,000 bus.

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I my opinion this is one shitty corporation... [View all] Playinghardball May 2013 OP

Needs to lower the salary of it's CVD levels uponit7771 May 2013 #1

It wouldn't help jmowreader May 2013 #24

Great stories, but . . . aggiesal May 2013 #26

Thank you for showing the greed of the Walmart heirs brush May 2013 #28

You seriously do not understand the problem jmowreader May 2013 #31

I don't understand the problem? aggiesal May 2013 #33

In 2011 they made $419 billion in sales jmowreader May 2013 #34

OK, so let's go in a little deeper with those numbers. aggiesal May 2013 #44

Oh bull, how much do the Walton family take? There's plenty there for employee benefits. xtraxritical May 2013 #40

Want to know how to find out exactly how and what the CEO compensation is? (edited) A HERETIC I AM May 2013 #46

B-B-B-But you can sleep in your van in their parking lots!!! cliffordu May 2013 #2

With their wage rate, where else are you going to sleep? DotGone May 2013 #13

Jesus. Bet them laws don't apply cliffordu May 2013 #18

They run an ad xxqqqzme May 2013 #3

Yes, it would. And it's $2 billion over 5 years. Their sales are over 200 billion a year. Incitatus May 2013 #5

There's not much difference between the two jmowreader May 2013 #25

over 5 years? xxqqqzme May 2013 #35

Yes, and it's not exactly all coming from their profits. Incitatus May 2013 #36

They will manipulate the "cost" of their donations to create a larger write off xtraxritical May 2013 #41

I have walked into their stores twice in the US. I haven't bothered here in Canada. PDJane May 2013 #4

And the biggest beneficiaries probably sleep all day. moondust May 2013 #6

One is a drunk driver n2doc May 2013 #7

Well, maybe he couldn't afford a cab. Or a chauffer. denverbill May 2013 #20

It's not her first DUI n2doc May 2013 #23

Wont. Not cant. nt bunnies May 2013 #8

Come and tell the shareholders. Will meet on June 7, Bud Walton Arena, sinkingfeeling May 2013 #9

Is Elton on some kind of "Megarich Repuke Tour"? KamaAina May 2013 #10

Cut Elton John some slack - he's got 2 kids, 2 households and a husband to support! TheDebbieDee May 2013 #11

Never will shop there. I like Costco and the way they Rex May 2013 #12

Wal-Mart is a heinous organization. lark May 2013 #14

I saw a Walmart Ad that made me want to put my fist through my TV the other day. Initech May 2013 #15

2013 Billionaires Richest Women--Christy and Alice Walton antigop May 2013 #16

What's up with the brown fitted hat at the top? Jamaal510 May 2013 #17

It's an internet meme. Tafiti May 2013 #21

I haven't been inside one in years. SheilaT May 2013 #19

You have choices. Manifestor_of_Light May 2013 #22

THANK you for pointing that out! jmowreader May 2013 #27

Good point about Costco. Manifestor_of_Light May 2013 #29

Aldi is another mystery to me jmowreader May 2013 #30

Veal is cruelty. roody May 2013 #32

costco didn't make it easier for washington teens to get liquor, the stupid voters did. HiPointDem May 2013 #38

Costco wrote the initiative and poured buckets of money into the campaign jmowreader Jun 2013 #47

Costco *wrote* the initiative? gotta link? HiPointDem Jun 2013 #48

Yup... jmowreader Jun 2013 #50

+1. also has millions to fund every anti-union, anti-public-employees, anti-public-school HiPointDem May 2013 #37

I hate going in there, my wife loves them rl6214 May 2013 #39

They have a pretty shrewd business model... KansDem May 2013 #42

yes, they get a charitable deduction if it's the corporation doing the giving. if it's the walmart HiPointDem Jun 2013 #49

. blkmusclmachine May 2013 #43

Interesting statistic from Thom Hartmann yesterday. Cleita May 2013 #45

I fuking hate walmart! youd have to drag my dead body in there darkangel218 Jun 2013 #51

No argument here. k&r n/t Laelth Jun 2013 #52