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17. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!!

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I'm Sorry... But They're Just Shoving Class Warfare In Our Faces Now... [View all] WillyT Nov 2013 OP

Hey, some people need that money... JHB Nov 2013 #1

And I can only shake my head at people who shop there. gtar100 Nov 2013 #15

Most of the bad stuff that can be said about Wal-Mart.... musical_soul Nov 2013 #21

One word. 99Forever Nov 2013 #49

Not everybody has a Cotco, especially those of us in the Deep South. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #51

Understood. 99Forever Nov 2013 #54

Mian St. Ghost Town homegirl Nov 2013 #58

I remember Main St. BobbyBoring Nov 2013 #65

$2 an hour abovve minimum wage for a signficant number of Cosco part-timers, whose hours they jtuck004 Nov 2013 #62

I went in there a few times in 02-03. I never want to go back. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #29

The days have long gone when many of the wealthiest and most powerful Americans... YoungDemCA Nov 2013 #2

I hope they are beginning to see beyond their bubble. Boomerproud Nov 2013 #11

If the wealthy (and therefore more powerful) can't be bothered to care about the masses FiveGoodMen Nov 2013 #64

Sickening. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #3

There will be plenty of rent-a-cops to mow them down to protect the Wantons...err Waltons. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #30

The Romanoffs had guards too. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #33

Did they? I'm not sure that they had what we might think they did, but like King Louis and Marie A. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #39

I'm certainly not in favor of any kind of violent uprising. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #48

I have become so. snort Nov 2013 #56

Remembering also how revolution always eats her children, IrishAyes Nov 2013 #59

They stole my house and home snort Nov 2013 #68

You have every right to be angry and to seek redress. I'm simply saying please be careful IrishAyes Nov 2013 #69

Pre-Chavez, the wealthy in Caracas lived in gated compounds, guarded closeupready Nov 2013 #66

Undeniably. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #67

And didn't many of their guards turn on them? maddiemom Nov 2013 #75

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #4

Pay your workers a living wage. pa28 Nov 2013 #5

Trickle Down, baybee. And don't ask Obama, either. He believes in that mess. blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #6

+1 liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #14

You're half way there - Reagan was bad BUT TBF Nov 2013 #50

Every 'elected official' from dog catcher on up (save a few) LURVES them some capitalism ... Myrina Nov 2013 #72

Our time will come. It is a fact of history. We now have a big Hand-Up called social media. It is libdem4life Nov 2013 #7

I Agree With You Totally... More And More People Are Catching On... WillyT Nov 2013 #9

I totally disagree with you both. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #32

Maybe... OTOH... That Might Just Be The Match That Strikes The Fire.. WillyT Nov 2013 #36

This is a repost from another conversation a moment ago. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #46

Sorry Willy, but it's not maybe BelgianMadCow Nov 2013 #77

I hope you are right, but, Joe Shlabotnik Nov 2013 #38

Thank you WillyT Trailrider1951 Nov 2013 #8

Anytime Trailrider1951... Anytime... WillyT Nov 2013 #10

What are they working for YOU for??!! Shankapotomus Nov 2013 #12

I'm Sorry... I Have No Idea What That Means... WillyT Nov 2013 #25

YOU = Walmart Shankapotomus Nov 2013 #28

why are you so bigoted against rich people? they need love like all the rest KG Nov 2013 #13

Yep. And the implied message of the Walmart food drive salin Nov 2013 #16

+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! WillyT Nov 2013 #17

Screw the canned goods - eat the rich. Marie Marie Nov 2013 #18

Well... With Some Fava Beans And A Nice Chianti... Ya Never Know... WillyT Nov 2013 #19

LOL - that might help. Marie Marie Nov 2013 #20

Tougher than a boot too. lonestarnot Nov 2013 #31

... and full of silicone in alot of cases ... Myrina Nov 2013 #73

Exactly ReRe Nov 2013 #22

In Tampa tom_kelly Nov 2013 #23

$16 billion in profit--$3 billion in employee subsidies food stamps and health care. ErikJ Nov 2013 #24

I was trying to start a facebook meme about this... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #26

They probably wouldn't accept it. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #34

but imagine the optics of that!!! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #35

You would have to have a presser with said companies harassing another company...or so the R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #41

then have them across the street with big signs...Walmart Employees Food Drive! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #43

It could be done on a local *grassroots level, but I doubt that a corp will do that to another corp. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #45

I posted that pic with a rant on my FB yesterday.. SomethingFishy Nov 2013 #70

Another thing to think about.... defacto7 Nov 2013 #27

That's why they build their gated mansions...not because they are afraid of theft.. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #37

Cutting food stamps or any aid to the poor is disgusting behavior. Rex Nov 2013 #40

Wow, Walmart sees absolutely ZERO problem with this? NuclearDem Nov 2013 #42

They sure have nerve....Despicable.. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #44

There's only one thing to do about class warefare. Deep13 Nov 2013 #47

It will continue as long as we f***ing LET it. nt bluedeathray Nov 2013 #52

America has access to cheap Doritos and Honey Boo Boo. Frank Cannon Nov 2013 #53

Pour vous assurer... nt bluedeathray Nov 2013 #55

Except Doritos aren't that cheap, and Honey Boo Boo is on cable. Alkene Nov 2013 #57

The crazy thing is that most Republicans aren't rich ... JEFF9K Nov 2013 #60

WORKERS OF AMERICA, OBEY OR DIE! amb123 Nov 2013 #61

Made all the more necessary by the RW cuts in SNAP for the WM employees bigbrother05 Nov 2013 #63

As awful as this is Willy... SomethingFishy Nov 2013 #71

''What you resist, persists.'' ~Carl Jung DeSwiss Nov 2013 #74

Not only does Walmart rely on welfare to subsidize their crappy pay Bolo Boffin Nov 2013 #76

"oh, but before you die, could you clean toilet, mow my lawn, raise my kids, and work in my store?" yurbud Nov 2013 #78

Any rich person who claims he's a victim of class warfare nyquil_man Nov 2013 #79

You think ...... 4 t 4 Nov 2013 #80

just to make sure we are all on the same page with the facts passiveporcupine Nov 2013 #81