Its not Wal marts fault, its us the consumers that drive the demand and profit. If people would rather do their shopping in separate stores on "main st" and not just go there they wouldnt be big
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last year wal mart was so naughy.......they only donated $272.9 MILLION to charities......people only hate them because they are on top......
wow...just wow. You would think a person with long hair like you would be at least semi conscious about the world around them
I think people's problems with walmart stem from the fact its like a weed that springs up again and again, and kills all the other small plants. Its a multi billion dollar company. So 272 million is chump change.
Additionally, ask their workers about how they feel about their employer. Ask them about how walmart treats unionizing efforts.
If you feel ANY company making billions of dollars is fine, your beyond help. When a company makes that many bones, they begin to feel invincible, that they can do whatever the hell they want to do. And I think thats dangerous, in the very least.
1. They are known for destroying downtown areas of smaller towns and treating their employees poorly (no health care, cutting hours so they dont have to provide it, etc.).
2. Typical greedy behavior (I'm not opposed to Capitalism but choosing not to shop there is where smart people can change their ways). They develop enormous buildings on wetlands.
3. They censor certain artists. The list goes on.
1. They should also be known as the store with the lowest prices in town, and they offer health care, and the insurance through them is better than at any other job you can find. Not that it makes it right, but every company that offers healthcare has "cut hours".
2. True, there doesnt need to be so many of them.
3. They don't censor anybody, its up to the artist. I have bought virtually every PJ album from there, several boots included, and not even a "fuck" has been touched.
They have a right to sell or not sell what they want. I think its pretty sweet that they have censored versions. It's mostly rap and most of that shit needs censored anyway.
Why r u defending WalMart????
Who the fuck cares???
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that said, people flipped out when uncle bruce sold an exclusive record via walmart.
Walmart is evil, and is corrupt, but I also think in terms of seeing Bruce, Ed and Band of Horses using Walmart to sell records, I think its only natural in this day and age.
I have said it time and time again. Most people dont buy physical cd's anymore. They download or buy off iTunes. So musicians need to come up with that extra cash, the cash they used to make when 1 million people would storm their local cd stores each week. Millions of dollars of revenue are lost each week because of downloading and the closing of local record shops. Musicians as I say need to find that extra cash.
Could bruce ed and band of horses chosen a different more ethical buisness to sell to and from. Sure. But ultimately the outcry from fans about these issues is more muted than even 10 years ago. To be working with Target or Walmart 10 years ago, 20 years ago would have been seen as a sell out move.
Now, bands liscence to tv, movies, apple, and are on commercials. Its more accepted and acceptable to bands to use those mediums to promote products.
Wal-Mart has done more to help poor people in America than the "New Deal" and "Great Society" combined.
yep, I am sure, that most people would agree. What could be bad after all about-environmental degradation, outsourcing, child labor, unfair wages, unions being intimidated, being made to work overtime without overtime pay, unfair working conditions, and of course the fact that when walmart moves to your town, it is killing off smaller buisnesses.
Yep, what a great company
I love when people are completely oblivious to the truth. Yes lets lie and call it truth! Lets deny mountains of verfiable evidence that suggests walmart is evil, immoral and harmful, and lets call them a great company instead.
Wal-Mart has done more to help poor people in America than the "New Deal" and "Great Society" combined.
yep, I am sure, that most people would agree. What could be bad after all about-environmental degradation, outsourcing, child labor, unfair wages, unions being intimidated, being made to work overtime without overtime pay, unfair working conditions, and of course the fact that when walmart moves to your town, it is killing off smaller buisnesses.
Yep, what a great company
I love when people are completely oblivious to the truth. Yes lets lie and call it truth! Lets deny mountains of verfiable evidence that suggests walmart is evil, immoral and harmful, and lets call them a great company instead.
Most people are lazy and don't want to take on the responsibility of being a responsible consumer. What ever will save a buck and is easiest is the American way...and it pisses me off. Just the amount of trading that Walmart does with China should make consumers aware of the damage it can do to our own economy. What you spend goes out of America. Nice...
Walmart has ruined most American cities. I have seen so many local grocery stores and record shops close because of them. Local grocery stores mean local produce and support local dairy farms and eggs etc. Better for the environment and the economy. "Main Street" America has all but disappeared because of a single company.
I always hear Wal Mart getting slagged. What do they do (I assume its a large shop/chain) and why are they looked upon so badly?
Just a naive aussie inquiring. Cheers
I think the biggest negative with WalMart is that everything they sell is so frickin cheap because 99.5 percent of the store is stocked with Chinese made products.....that and they bully communities and can destroy or drastically alter the dynamics of local economies..
Actually, there are hundreds of negative things associated with WalMart, but to me it is a symptom of an ill society/culture more than any direct cause. (Our illness is ignorance and fundamental Christianity. Believe it or not, but there is a difference between the two, so I had to list both of them..... )
The worst story I heard about WalMart was a huge expose on how they would fight like crazy to get into small communities, completely destroying the local economy and forcing independent businesses to close as they couldnt compete with the massive buying power Walmart,....... BUT the worst part of this was that the all of the employees they would end up hiring as part time labour were given only enough hours to 'not be' eligible for company health care, SO they would literally hand out paperwork in the hiring process that told new hires how to sign up for government programs to subsidize the care they needed.....the argument is that they raise enough taxes for states and local cities that the local and state entities should gratefully accept the paying for these services and allow Walmart to monitor hours to keep their employees out of the company's responsibility zone, so to speak....just big huge influence and a corporate welfare dirtskank of the biggest proportions.
Hey, I am only 7 years old, so I dont really know too much about it.
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Wal-Mart has done more to help poor people in America than the "New Deal" and "Great Society" combined.
being an industrial engineer, walmart is the ideal company to study for supply chain "success". that being said, i HATE that place. somebody already brought up the pbs documentary which is a must-watch for those of you who haven't seen it.
walmart is a genius at taking advantage of people. they advertise some really low prices for some items to lure you into the store and portray the image that they are giving deals on everything. i've done this for a school project actually...go into walmart and document prices of different items that you know can be found in other stores, then go to the other stores and compare prices. you will be surprised by the amount of goods that are more expensive at walmart...
oh and walmart does alot for the poor people? hell, they should fully support the poor people since they're responsible for us being poor in the first place with their bully tactics and outsourcing of jobs.
I always hear Wal Mart getting slagged. What do they do (I assume its a large shop/chain) and why are they looked upon so badly?
Just a naive aussie inquiring. Cheers
They are known for destroying downtown areas of smaller towns and treating their employees poorly (no health care, cutting hours so they dont have to provide it, etc.). Typical greedy behavior (I'm not opposed to Capitalism but choosing not to shop there is where smart people can change their ways). They develop enormous buildings on wetlands. They censor certain artists. The list goes on.
But they sell stuff for so cheap that even the people that protest their practices can be found sneaking in and out with their toilet paper and cat food.
wal mart allows their pharmacists to DECEDE, based on their religious beliefs, whether they will fill a woman's perscription (from a DOCTOR) for birth control pills.
its not a problem where i live - there are many pharmacies around that dont have such archaic policies.
however, to a woman who lives in rural america, where the only pharmacy is wal mart....well, i guess she is screwed in more ways then one.
i wonder how those pharmacists feel about filling viagra perscriptions?
walmart is a genius at taking advantage of people. they advertise some really low prices for some items to lure you into the store and portray the image that they are giving deals on everything. i've done this for a school project actually...go into walmart and document prices of different items that you know can be found in other stores, then go to the other stores and compare prices. you will be surprised by the amount of goods that are more expensive at walmart...
this is true.
i was one of those lazy people that didn't pay attention until my mother pointed out to me, food lion/farm fresh is cheaper. for food at least. i haven't been to wal-mart in months!
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walmart is a genius at taking advantage of people. they advertise some really low prices for some items to lure you into the store and portray the image that they are giving deals on everything. i've done this for a school project actually...go into walmart and document prices of different items that you know can be found in other stores, then go to the other stores and compare prices. you will be surprised by the amount of goods that are more expensive at walmart....
To be fair this exact same thing can be said of any grocery store, Target, Best Buy, etc, etc, etc.
If I read this without Wal-Mart in there and they asked who it was said about I could give about 100 different stores that it could be. They always have really good sales and the rest is so-so... but you go in for the sale items and pick up a few of the other things along the way which is what they want.
I always hear Wal Mart getting slagged. What do they do (I assume its a large shop/chain) and why are they looked upon so badly?
Just a naive aussie inquiring. Cheers
I heard a story on TV where Wal-Mart sued one of their employees to recoop the money they had to pay in medical cost when she was in a car accident. This just after her son was killed in Iraq and her husband broke his back and couldn't work anymore.
The amount they sued her for was upwards of $400,000.00.
That is the main reason I won't shop there.
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wow...just wow. You would think a person with long hair like you would be at least semi conscious about the world around them
I think people's problems with walmart stem from the fact its like a weed that springs up again and again, and kills all the other small plants. Its a multi billion dollar company. So 272 million is chump change.
Additionally, ask their workers about how they feel about their employer. Ask them about how walmart treats unionizing efforts.
If you feel ANY company making billions of dollars is fine, your beyond help. When a company makes that many bones, they begin to feel invincible, that they can do whatever the hell they want to do. And I think thats dangerous, in the very least.
Why r u defending WalMart????
Who the fuck cares???
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Walmart is evil, and is corrupt, but I also think in terms of seeing Bruce, Ed and Band of Horses using Walmart to sell records, I think its only natural in this day and age.
I have said it time and time again. Most people dont buy physical cd's anymore. They download or buy off iTunes. So musicians need to come up with that extra cash, the cash they used to make when 1 million people would storm their local cd stores each week. Millions of dollars of revenue are lost each week because of downloading and the closing of local record shops. Musicians as I say need to find that extra cash.
Could bruce ed and band of horses chosen a different more ethical buisness to sell to and from. Sure. But ultimately the outcry from fans about these issues is more muted than even 10 years ago. To be working with Target or Walmart 10 years ago, 20 years ago would have been seen as a sell out move.
Now, bands liscence to tv, movies, apple, and are on commercials. Its more accepted and acceptable to bands to use those mediums to promote products.
yep, I am sure, that most people would agree. What could be bad after all about-environmental degradation, outsourcing, child labor, unfair wages, unions being intimidated, being made to work overtime without overtime pay, unfair working conditions, and of course the fact that when walmart moves to your town, it is killing off smaller buisnesses.
Yep, what a great company
I love when people are completely oblivious to the truth. Yes lets lie and call it truth! Lets deny mountains of verfiable evidence that suggests walmart is evil, immoral and harmful, and lets call them a great company instead.
Most people are lazy and don't want to take on the responsibility of being a responsible consumer. What ever will save a buck and is easiest is the American way...and it pisses me off. Just the amount of trading that Walmart does with China should make consumers aware of the damage it can do to our own economy. What you spend goes out of America. Nice...
Walmart has ruined most American cities. I have seen so many local grocery stores and record shops close because of them. Local grocery stores mean local produce and support local dairy farms and eggs etc. Better for the environment and the economy. "Main Street" America has all but disappeared because of a single company.
I think the biggest negative with WalMart is that everything they sell is so frickin cheap because 99.5 percent of the store is stocked with Chinese made products.....that and they bully communities and can destroy or drastically alter the dynamics of local economies..
Actually, there are hundreds of negative things associated with WalMart, but to me it is a symptom of an ill society/culture more than any direct cause. (Our illness is ignorance and fundamental Christianity. Believe it or not, but there is a difference between the two, so I had to list both of them..... )
The worst story I heard about WalMart was a huge expose on how they would fight like crazy to get into small communities, completely destroying the local economy and forcing independent businesses to close as they couldnt compete with the massive buying power Walmart,....... BUT the worst part of this was that the all of the employees they would end up hiring as part time labour were given only enough hours to 'not be' eligible for company health care, SO they would literally hand out paperwork in the hiring process that told new hires how to sign up for government programs to subsidize the care they needed.....the argument is that they raise enough taxes for states and local cities that the local and state entities should gratefully accept the paying for these services and allow Walmart to monitor hours to keep their employees out of the company's responsibility zone, so to speak....just big huge influence and a corporate welfare dirtskank of the biggest proportions.
Hey, I am only 7 years old, so I dont really know too much about it.
I saw a wino eating grapes, I said, "Dude, you have to wait"
walmart is a genius at taking advantage of people. they advertise some really low prices for some items to lure you into the store and portray the image that they are giving deals on everything. i've done this for a school project actually...go into walmart and document prices of different items that you know can be found in other stores, then go to the other stores and compare prices. you will be surprised by the amount of goods that are more expensive at walmart...
oh and walmart does alot for the poor people? hell, they should fully support the poor people since they're responsible for us being poor in the first place with their bully tactics and outsourcing of jobs.
But they sell stuff for so cheap that even the people that protest their practices can be found sneaking in and out with their toilet paper and cat food.
its not a problem where i live - there are many pharmacies around that dont have such archaic policies.
however, to a woman who lives in rural america, where the only pharmacy is wal mart....well, i guess she is screwed in more ways then one.
i wonder how those pharmacists feel about filling viagra perscriptions?
this is true.
i was one of those lazy people that didn't pay attention until my mother pointed out to me, food lion/farm fresh is cheaper. for food at least. i haven't been to wal-mart in months!
To be fair this exact same thing can be said of any grocery store, Target, Best Buy, etc, etc, etc.
If I read this without Wal-Mart in there and they asked who it was said about I could give about 100 different stores that it could be. They always have really good sales and the rest is so-so... but you go in for the sale items and pick up a few of the other things along the way which is what they want.
I heard a story on TV where Wal-Mart sued one of their employees to recoop the money they had to pay in medical cost when she was in a car accident. This just after her son was killed in Iraq and her husband broke his back and couldn't work anymore.
The amount they sued her for was upwards of $400,000.00.
That is the main reason I won't shop there.
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