Is Wal-Mart Too Liberal?

(PART II OF MY COMMENT)

In terms of governmental economics, I agree with Redneckbaron that the economic stimulus plan is a horrible idea (actually, a lot of Bush's ideas aren't within a conservative perspective: increased environmental action, social benefits, higher spending, more taxation, etc. Why start a war when you can just bomb the capital? Ironically, "...the more the Left demands.") China could be wiped out if there were jobs in the United States. How do we get jobs at home? Instead of governmental intervention, why don't we look at the effects of our current policies to determine what epitomizes the "environment" for a corporation to thrive? Lower the minimum wage, so there will be less outsourcing to sweat-shopped communists, and lessen corporate regulation that deters business. Supply-side economics will eventually get money to the workers. Don't like the pay? Work elsewhere. Wal-Mart will offer more money if it has a shoratge of employees- the "supply and demand" of labor.

Kellya999, wow. All I can say is, wow. Why dont we denounce ALL of conservatism because of the war, which has substantially less casualties than almost every war (unless you count Grenada). Wake the freak up, Kellya999, it is a volunteer army, there is no draft, enlistment is optional, the only reason some are dying is because we do not wish to financially support defense mechansims, such as armor, etc. on the homefront. For what? I guess the freedom of thousands from Islamofacists, the stability of countries with WMD's (Iraq had a reputation by the way; it used chem warfare vs. the Kurds in the Gulf war) and the overall improvement of life for those subject to human rights violations isn't worth allowing noble men and women to sacrifice their lives for a greater cause, not just as citizens to the United States, but the World. Who's the Xenophobe now? Why don't we just cut funding for this HUGE burden upon our wallets, rather than the 55% and increasing amount of money with the programs Medicare and Medicaide, both deemed highly inefficient, which will increase six-fold with Barack Obama (It seems that what I call the "proletariat of the Democratic Party" is focusing on him due to race and/or discourse skills. Hitler anyone?).

Long Live to US in Iraq War!
Long Live to High Oil Prices!
Long Live to US Recession!
Long Live to Bankrupted Social Security! VOTE FOR MCCAIN!!!!!!!

I have worked for Wal-Mart for over three years and when first hired I guess you could say that I was wearing rose-colored glasses. Everyone was so excited when Wal-Mart came to our small southern town. We had only had K-Mart to shop at and everyone was disgusted with them. Now it seems that everyone is just as disgusted with "Wal-Mart". It's not uncommon for there to be an article in our local paper at least once a month about Wal-Mart, all derogatory comments. The sad thing is that most of the coments that the consumers are making are true. Wal-Mart has a double standard in place, one for the minority and another for the majoirty. They don't care about their employees and treat them horribly. Perhaps if every once a while the employees were told "thanks for the great job you're doing" there wouldn't be suc h hard feelings. And if they treated everyone equaly instead of showing favoritism that to would go a long way for employees wanting to show loyalty. Someone posted on here that if you don't like working for them, quit and get another job. That is much easier said that done when there are so few jobs available in a small town and with the price of gas going up you can't aford to go to far to look for work. A good example of the favoritism that is being shown is that Wal-Mart came up with a plan to determine which employees would get another raise when minimum wage went up. However, they did not give the raise to all employees, only the ones that they wanted to have it. If you are going to give a cost of living raise, give it to all and not just to a select few. I could give several examples of employees being mistreated, but what good would it do? Maybe if a union were allowed to come to Wal-Mart there would be changes made for the good of all, both employees and c ustomers alike; however, if a jWal-Mart employee were to even be caught speaking with someone from a union it would be automatic termination. Like so many others have said, it all comes down to the bottom line and the almighty dollar and Wal-Mart only being concerned about themselves.

I don't particularly like the politics of people like Flaherty, who trust angry AM radio hosts who barely graduated high school more than scientists who have studied problems using math and established methods for decades, but he does make one good point: Wal-Mart will never win the liberals. This isn't just a problem for Wal-Mart, it's a problem for any organization (for-profit or not) that gets a bad reputation. Those of us who get tired of all the emotionally-driven ideology on the right too often opt for emotionally-driven ideology on the left, making it impossible for any individual or group to do good once a single bad act has been committed. I think we need to criticize Wal-Mart for its continuing stance on things like minimum wage, Chinese labor, etc, but unless we also applaud them for making what changes they have made, they are going to abandon any strategy that aims to appease the left. They will simply decide that we are impossible to win over. If that happens, we are in deep trouble, because Wal-Mart isn't going away-- it will be the store of choice for millions of consumers for decades to come, whether we like it or not.

Alright people, this is Wal-Mart we are talking about, not the United States government. Issues of liberalism or conservativsm should not even come into question when it comes to a retailer like Wal-Mart. It is good that they are offering organic foods (though they are more expensive), and it is good they are offering more energy efficient light bulbs. So what if they contain mercury, flourescent light bulbs contain gases that are harmful to the environment, but does that mean we should stop buying them? NO. Just as we should not stop buying the longer lasting light bulbs. They save money, and right now, money is what people need to be saving. It is the conservative government that has ruined this country over the past eight years with the idiot president we have in office. Gas prices are over $4 a gallon because our government is stupid. Our president can't see that we are in a recession and all he can say it that "it's a period of slow economic growth." Come on, someone needs to beat the hell out of President Bush for being such a dumbass. Just like someone should smack this idiot Flaherty. It is a good thing that companies like Wal-Mart are trying to be environmentally friendly. Believe it or not folks, global warming if for real and anything that can be done to help the situation is good. The human race is on target to destroy the planet Earth and everyone, liberal and conservatives, need to due their part to save the planet. I am sick and tired of conservative tight wads complaining and whining about gays and lesbians, that global warming isn't real, and that the American people want tax cuts and nothing else. That is CRAP! Tell me something, have you ever really heard of something happening to a "liberal" company like what happened to "conservative" companies like Enron and World-Com? Not really. Think about it. Conservatives only care about one thing, money. That is it. They do not care about other people (except those with the same skewed conservative views), they don't care for the environment, and they don't care for the human race as a whole. Personally, if Wal-Mart started supporting more conservative efforts, I would stop shopping there. I don't shop there that often anyway because I don't think the savings are that good anyway, but to each his own. The point is that the country, and the world needs more companies to look at the big picture of how they are affecting their fellow man and the world. Wal-Mart is trying, and other companies should take notices. Seriously, one Halliburton and one Dick Cheney is enough for any world, we don't need any copycats where that is concerned. So you tell me, if a conservative company is better given their deplorable track record. Just a little something to think about.

wal mart rate of divorce caused by other employies brake up marriages and wal mart say they have family values here local at least 10 marriages have led to divorce because other employies hit on fellow workers that are married due to bs polocies at wal mart i lost my wife and also my son got taken by the state as i was trying to save my marriage..thank you wal mart for no family values and polocies of lies

Yes there are pay caps for every job grade. It is up to the associate to determine if they want to continue to stay in the position or if they want to be promoted to other positions. Most areas have several different levels of pay and dont require an associate to work at a "higher work level." Im not exactly sure what that is supposed to mean but every job is different based on the skills you have and have the ability to learn and/or want to learn.

WHY IN THE NAME OF GOD DOES THE GOVERMENT LET THESE SWIRLED LIGHT BULBS BE PRODUCED KNOWING THEY PUT OUT MERCURY WE WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER I WOULD RATHER PAY MORE RATHER THAN GET CANCER. I WORKED AT WALMART AND THEY ARE NOT GOOD EMPLOYER'S LOW WAGES LONG HOURS LACK OF SLEEP, THEY NEED A UNION BADLY FOR THE WORK THIER PEOPLE DO THEY WOULD MAKE MORE MONEY AND MAYBE THEN THEY WOULD GET A DECENT NIGHT'S SLEEP. SHIRLEY

To Citizenlobbyist, Equally distributing wealth is a communistic approach... you ask someone from a communist country what that is like... I think you'd reconsider. Those CEO's that make thousands/millions, deserve it... they worked hard to get where they are. If they work FOR someone, that job could be taken away from them at any moment. I used to be jealous about the money they make... but not now, I realize I can do the same... I just have to work as hard, or harder than them. If you worked that hard to get where you are, would you want our government to take YOUR wealth and distribute it to those who will not work hard??? What's the incentive to work hard at anything? Too many people want a free ride!

LOL.Give me a break. Wal-Mart floods the market with cheap Chinese junk, pays slave wages to its" "associates" that are members of the working poor.They destroy communities and bankrupt towns that can't afford the food stamps and public assistance for the extremely low payed "associates". They couldn't care less about anything or anybody but the share holders.Does that sound liberal to you? Newsweek is garbage and uses the word liberal like it's a dirty word.Liberals are much better with the truth.