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lpbk2713

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7. Thanks Doug.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Tue Aug 15, 2017, 02:46 PM

Aug 2017

He's CEO of Wally World, a retailer. He's not a major defense contractor.
So he doesn't need to suck Trump's toes. He can say what gains a few
points for the company's image. Sorry, it's still just WalMart to me. I
only go there when I have to.

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*****BREAKING***** When you lose the Waltons. Wal Mart CEO Rebukes Trump [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 OP

Nice sentiments, but you still won't catch me at a Walmart! Va Lefty Aug 2017 #1

A lot of people shop there out of economic necessity DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #2

The assumption that it is cheaper volstork Aug 2017 #12

I like Aldi. Their presence is L A is almost null. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #14

I comparison shop. For what I buy, WalMart is often, tho not always, the cheapest. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #15

WalMart is cheap because taxpayers subsidize its employees More_Cowbell Aug 2017 #20

I don't have much choice. There's not much else. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #29

Unforunately true jl_theprofessor Aug 2017 #31

Yes. Allowing the minimum wage to remain far below subsistence level. Hortensis Aug 2017 #35

Yep. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #21

Agree sarge43 Aug 2017 #25

Same here. LakeArenal Aug 2017 #26

Or like in my small town, very few options. GentryDixon Aug 2017 #33

Me neither and I agree, nice sentiments Happyhippychick Aug 2017 #5

I picket the store on Black Friday after Thanksgiving BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #8

Absolutely dead on! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2017 #19

Don't tell me what you believe... charliea Aug 2017 #34

Well, who'da thunk.... Walmart has a lot to atone for, but a tiny bit of credit today... hlthe2b Aug 2017 #3

I don't shop in Walmart but thanks katmondoo Aug 2017 #4

Any action that puts the Racist In Chief in a negative light is an action I embrace. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #6

Thanks Doug. lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #7

I truly like the sentiment. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #9

But he has yet to resign from 45's manufacturing council. nt DesertRat Aug 2017 #10

Reading his statement carefully - cwydro Aug 2017 #11

Yep leftstreet Aug 2017 #23

Does he care enough about his employees to pay a decent Luz Aug 2017 #13

I think almost all the grocery stores pay the same. Kroger's has a union, so pay is higher. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #30

A small and positive gesture. MontanaMama Aug 2017 #16

Yikes. Even his fellow oligarchs are deserting him. jalan48 Aug 2017 #17

Faint Damnation - Like A Snake Rebuking Another Snake packman Aug 2017 #18

Ditto n/t Kleveland Aug 2017 #22

Who are they thanking? PdxSean Aug 2017 #24

It's from a news letter for employees. mobeau69 Aug 2017 #27

Ah. Thanks. PdxSean Aug 2017 #36

"Let's make Trump's Council so small you can fit it in a bathroom." Hayduke Bomgarte Aug 2017 #28

Oh, and Waltons not fooled Aug 2017 #32