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wankawanka (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:10 PM Original message |
Is there anything that can be done to stop WALMART. Just this year it has |
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MSgt213 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. If things continue on their current path we may not be able to afford |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
220. They won't give you cash back on gift cards anymore! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. organize a Buy Local effort |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm not sure what you are upset about??? |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yeah, cheap crap made by Chinese slave labor... |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. OK, you're being obnoxious, no response for you. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Whatever dude! |
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Desert Liberal (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 06:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
252. Thank you! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. You're not being obnoxious.... So you get a response. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Yeah... |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Agreed. Sometimes even the home team is in the wrong... |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Merry Christmas to you too! |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. LOL |
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InvisibleBallots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
152. hey I'm with you paleocon |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Very few are upset that prices are lower. |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I see your point too... |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. "Look at the crappy service we tolerate from the post office" |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Maybe the post office is nice where you are... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. Have you ever mailed a letter in a foreign country? |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
237. I have. |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
92. The post office works for me. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
68. True, I now buy my light bulbs at the local lighting store. They cost |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #68 |
185. Try switching to the new flourescent light bulbs. |
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idiosyncratic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. It is never good that small, local businesses go out of business |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Educate me... What makes Costco any better? |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. For one the CEO doesn't think he is worth MILLIONS in Salery |
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No Mandate Here. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Costco values its employees as people |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Great points.... |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. I also want to add... Wal Mart gives its workers seminars on food stamps |
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PallasAthena (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 02:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
269. Not only food stamps but also Medicaid.... the state pays |
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idiosyncratic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Check out BuyBlue.org. Costco donates to Democrats |
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Arkansas Gazette (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
131. Look for food co-ops and farmers markets. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. I think it's mostly labor practices, but I'm definitely NOT an expert. |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. All the while, Walmart employees get terrible wages/benefits and... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. It's not all that good for consumers |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 06:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. It's not just the small businesses that have trouble |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
116. The fact that $1100 of your tax dollars go for each walmart employee |
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firebee (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 03:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
137. Okay my gentle snowflake... |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
206. Do you know the cost of |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
275. Here's a couple of tidbits to change your paradigm |
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chomskysright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think you simply buy less..... |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. That'd take too much discipline... |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
69. Not here. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Use it up |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Walmart shirts wear out quick nt. |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Welcome to DU newbie!!! LOL!!! |
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complain jane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
155. Wal-Mart's a nasty store to begin with. |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 03:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Glad someone else figure out that cheap Chinese crap they sell... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
163. And, since Wal-Mart rarely builds inside the city limits |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:14 AM Response to Reply #163 |
186. ALL the WM I have ever known are inside city limits. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #186 |
199. All the ones in the Northeast are in the'burbs |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:03 AM Response to Reply #199 |
200. Even the suburbs are inside somebodies city limits. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #200 |
201. We don't have city limits here |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #201 |
204. ????? |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:57 AM Response to Reply #204 |
209. We don't have as much of a county/township designation |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
94. And their cheap shoes fall apart in the rain. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #94 |
188. Mine haven't. I get all my shoes at WM, and I have had no problem. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #188 |
216. I have a question for you... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #216 |
221. So now you try to manipulate me using guilt? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #221 |
226. I don't think so... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #226 |
227. Change is part of markets. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #227 |
230. I just mentioned the "Big Box" Retailers that a locally owned... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #230 |
232. Why should a manufacturer close up over a local Wal-Mart? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #232 |
234. I think that is your problem... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:56 PM Response to Reply #234 |
236. BTW: its not just ONE Wal*Mart, its 5 in a 10 mile radius... |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. Walmart is a major contributor to the Repubs -- |
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complain jane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 06:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
157. Thank you for posting this, |
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sbj405 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
26. Walmart employees need to be educated on their rights to organize |
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wankawanka (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. that right what we need is a major union to move in |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
59. LOL... |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Are you anti-union? |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. China is allowing its Walmart workers to unionize. |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #63 |
85. Not at all.... |
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HuskiesHowls (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Not to mention local tax breaks!! n/t |
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Dees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. The story of the butchers. |
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left15 (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 03:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. RFID tags |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Maybe it will help unions come back. If people had half a brain they would |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 04:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
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xerenthar (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Thank you... someone gets it. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. two people who don't get it |
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xerenthar (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Debate me on AIM, stalker. |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Afraid to post your comments for all to see?? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Freep alert |
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xerenthar (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Incorrect. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #49 |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:12 AM Response to Reply #65 |
120. LOL "against the posting rules" |
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ConservativeDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #120 |
146. She does. |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
60. You're both messed up! |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #60 |
208. hmmm.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #208 |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. so you think |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #67 |
83. so a simple living wage is |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I had a high skill job, someone in India is doing it now |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 12:59 AM Response to Reply #70 |
119. And any adult worth their weight in rice should be able to afford |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Ummm,somewhere near the $2,583.36 per hour the CEO gets?? |
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wankawanka (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. not ten thousand times more difficult |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:39 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. And there's more CEOs that got there through nepotism |
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Meowser (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 11:06 PM Response to Reply #103 |
111. "tryin to get it"? |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #103 |
211. I can agree with those sentiments... |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #211 |
253. I can read this sort of drek on any conservative board, I don't need to |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:42 AM Response to Reply #253 |
268. Wal Mart |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #98 |
106. exactly |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. How about nepotism in politics? |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:20 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Well-said |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:09 AM Response to Reply #101 |
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160. True merit will not always be rewarded... |
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AG78 (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #93 |
107. If dynastic life is your thing |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:57 PM Response to Reply #107 |
161. Slavery? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #161 |
162. What are your feelings on socialism? |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:24 AM Response to Reply #162 |
165. I'm not sure I understand your question... |
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Desert Liberal (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #93 |
254. It's not wrong BUT |
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wankawanka (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:55 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. i will debate you on aim im me at jspittman7 |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
97. No correlation between company perfomance and CEO pay |
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HuskiesHowls (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #72 |
109. Intersting tidbit about CEO salaries: |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:59 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Plus they get that much more $$ and vacation time! |
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KnowerOfLogic (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #72 |
142. The people at the bottom *create* the profits that the CEO's |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 09:11 PM Response to Reply #72 |
147. Uh...why NO!! |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:32 AM Response to Reply #147 |
166. Moot... |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:36 PM Response to Reply #166 |
212. CEO pay vs. actual performance.. |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #166 |
214. Yawn...your ass kissing for Walmart CEO is inspiring..... |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #214 |
238. I believe we were talking about... |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:04 PM Response to Reply #238 |
239. Those simplistic economic explanations don't apply to the new |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:18 PM Response to Reply #239 |
241. What axioms do you feel hold true |
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missouri dem 2 (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 12:09 AM Response to Reply #72 |
151. http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2004-11-24-walmart-heiress |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. How many more carpenters, plumbers and electricians do we need? |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
74. We could certainly use plenty more... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:49 AM Response to Reply #47 |
176. Lots of room in the economy for more plumbers. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #176 |
222. My friend's husband and my brother-in-law are both unemployed plumbers |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #222 |
223. I can only speak from experience there. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #223 |
228. There are a lot of tradespeople up here |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Walmart's employees suck off the state teat bec. Walmart pays shit |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Let's not forget the dead peasant's insurance |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
84. I've heard about this... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 11:07 PM Response to Reply #84 |
112. When Wal*Mart Got caught doing that... |
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Meowser (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 11:11 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. This insurance scam sounds like something the Nazis did to the Jews |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:38 AM Response to Reply #112 |
167. Who paid for it? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:18 AM Response to Reply #167 |
202. Who gave them permission to put the policy out on you? |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:21 PM Response to Reply #202 |
242. If permission is legally required... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #242 |
245. Problem is that it is ILLEGAL.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:41 PM Response to Reply #245 |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:18 PM Response to Reply #167 |
218. You agree that Walmart should be compensated for playing "Life lottery"? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #218 |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #243 |
244. If private health insurance is unattainable there is only one alternative |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:46 PM Response to Reply #244 |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:50 PM Response to Reply #249 |
250. Why are you at DU? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #249 |
256. You seem to have no idea what you are talking about... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:18 PM Response to Reply #249 |
274. Free market doesn't work for health care. |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
77. Then folks who need more pay and... |
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ConservativeDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 08:55 PM Response to Reply #77 |
145. The problem is... |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:46 AM Response to Reply #145 |
168. I agree...they do... |
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ConservativeDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #168 |
173. It may be a "fact of life", but it's still wrong |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Maybe they started out as entry level jobs |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
78. Then perhaps it's time to move... |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 11:22 PM Response to Reply #78 |
114. I believe you're the one who needs to think of cause and effect. |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:13 AM Response to Reply #114 |
169. I agree.. |
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Desert Liberal (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:10 PM Response to Reply #78 |
260. Yes, they took away plenty of opportunities. |
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Arkansas Gazette (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
133. I had an entry-level Wal-Mart job once. |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:24 AM Response to Reply #133 |
170. Some jobs have very strict requirements that must be met... |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
219. Chattanooga, TN |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
76. Wrong. |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Again...adaptability is the word. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. You just don't get it. You spend more when you spend cheap. You are |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:54 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Which some have to do... |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 11:53 PM Response to Reply #91 |
115. You are correct. I have never been in that situation. Because I |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:31 AM Response to Reply #115 |
171. And there's a reason we buy small and keep it... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 12:32 AM Response to Reply #91 |
117. You seem to be misinformed... |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:41 AM Response to Reply #117 |
172. I'm not a brand buyer... |
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durablend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:12 AM Response to Reply #172 |
175. When Mom and Pop's TV and Appliance is gone... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #175 |
180. There will always be competition to WM. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #180 |
189. Do you actually think that Wal*Mart is concerned about online stores? |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #189 |
197. Didn't say it was a threat. In fact, WM is online too. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #180 |
255. Look out for that 'affordable' bicycle. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:42 AM Response to Reply #117 |
179. Wal-Mart DOES have much lower prices. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #179 |
187. Not politics, experience... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:24 AM Response to Reply #187 |
190. And I wrote down and compared prices. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #190 |
191. OK, where is the contradiction... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #191 |
194. Most of my WM shopping is groceries. In the other depts |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #194 |
203. Never claimed that WM never has lower prices... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #203 |
207. No problems down here. And the prices here ARE |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #207 |
210. I live one state away from Bentonville... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #210 |
215. In Dallas??? WM is going to take over Dallas, TX???? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #215 |
217. Why will that assumption hold true... |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #210 |
233. And that's how the market works... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:42 PM Response to Reply #233 |
261. Naive at best... |
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Desert Liberal (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #210 |
278. Solon? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-05 12:21 AM Response to Reply #278 |
282. St. Charles Co here... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #190 |
225. Here is a price comparison: |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #225 |
263. I have another question for you... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:36 AM Response to Reply #263 |
273. A business is NOT a charity. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #273 |
276. "Low wage jobs are for people with poor skills." |
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durablend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #179 |
192. Funny...the stuff we usually buy cost MORE at Smiley Mart |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #86 |
178. I have not had problems with WM product quality. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #178 |
196. Ever bought furniture at Wal*Mart? |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #196 |
198. Some furniture, yes. Mostly I get furniture at a local |
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Trekologer (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
102. "How much do you feel entry-level workers should pay?" |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:29 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. Welcome to DU! Great post! |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:29 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Welcome to DU! Great post! |
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KnowerOfLogic (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
141. The wage structure itself is the problem; when 50%+ of American |
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ChrisNYC (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
257. Do you really believe in this utopia? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. Red Flag: |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
80. Another person who believes... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #80 |
88. FYI, I don't expect people to think exactly like me. |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:46 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Then why do you feel I'm "wasting" your time? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. because |
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tryn2getit (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #95 |
235. What would you have me do... |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #235 |
240. No one is guaranteed a job in our economy |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #235 |
277. Question for you |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
53. I drop a few bucks at Walmart every now and then because... |
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Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
100. You have better options available. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:31 AM Response to Reply #100 |
123. Unfortunately I'm spending my parents' money |
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Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 12:44 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Here are some good resources that you may find helpful. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #125 |
135. Yea I've seen some of these, I was quite surprised by some of them |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
58. As long as people want $4 shoes and plastic junk |
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slor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
61. Peak oil will do it! n/t |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
62. Walmart music section is small...how can it take out yer local.... |
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wankawanka (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. i talked to the owner of the store he said that walmart will only have the |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #66 |
181. By CDs online. |
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Arkansas Gazette (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 03:20 PM Response to Reply #62 |
136. Most towns have a store that sells used CD's. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. Those are the only decent music stores left |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:14 AM Response to Reply #81 |
121. nasty |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
96. You cant shop there tomorrow,K-mart helped start the whole mess. |
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Cookie wookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
118. Best way to stop Walmart is to boycott |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:37 AM Response to Reply #118 |
124. Asking people to shop online for everything is unreasonable... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
122. Wanna drive a STAKe through Wal-Mart's cold black heart? |
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wankawanka (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
126. i think you guys should also think about those who do not have the mental |
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Moloch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
127. It all depends on the customers.... |
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wankawanka (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. the problem is how they treat labor in order to keep prices that low |
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Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #128 |
138. I haven't found their prices to even be all that low! |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:00 AM Response to Reply #138 |
182. WM matches all sales in grocery. |
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durablend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #182 |
193. Smiley Mart won't match |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:32 AM Response to Reply #193 |
205. That is true, I don't know how many times I had to deal with angry... |
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Desert Liberal (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 07:51 PM Response to Reply #182 |
279. They also DON'T match |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
129. No. Wal-Mart is successful because... |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:25 AM Response to Reply #129 |
267. You keep saying it's not a choice of mom and pops... |
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IwinULose (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
130. No, it's a free country n/t |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
132. I just refuse to shop there anymore and when people ask |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
134. They'd close a store before they'd allow a union in |
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wankawanka (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #134 |
139. when the dems get back in power (and if) they need to make laws to change |
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C.C.D. (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
143. Yes, go in and color on all their magazines. (nt) |
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DrGonzoLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
144. Except |
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C.C.D. (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. Rumor has it that they have let unions in their stores in China. (nt) |
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DrGonzoLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 11:35 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. They might have to there |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #148 |
184. I don't think China has true unions. |
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PallasAthena (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 02:43 AM Response to Reply #184 |
270. You are correct....the government runs the union in China. |
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jesusq (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
149. Most Americans would sell their souls |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
153. They steal property through abuse of eminent domain laws. |
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susierock (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
154. Patronize your local mom & pop |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:59 PM Response to Reply #154 |
213. I go out of my way to patronize local businesses |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:02 AM Response to Reply #213 |
264. Good for you. Me too. |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 09:39 AM Response to Reply #264 |
271. Thanks for the link |
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complain jane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
156. Just a clueless question here, |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 02:50 AM Response to Reply #156 |
174. Wal-Mart gives big money to Republicans |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:02 AM Response to Reply #174 |
183. That is their freedom. They give me lower prices. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #183 |
224. Not criticizing your decission to shop there, just answering a question |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #224 |
229. I am NOT political 100% of the time. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #229 |
231. Understandable, but shortsighted... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:52 PM Response to Reply #229 |
251. Reply to the thread as a whole, not to my posts |
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ChrisNYC (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #229 |
258. The problem with your logic |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
177. Do everything you can to tie up traffic around the joint. |
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ScaRBama (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
195. The only thing that will stop them.... |
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bobweaver (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
259. Wal-Mart's source of power is the money flowing into their cash registers |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:02 AM Response to Reply #259 |
265. Not only that... |
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thebigdonkey (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-05 10:19 PM Response to Reply #265 |
280. ya the fact that it is not reinvested really hurts the community |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
262. Yeah, stop going there. I went there once, long ago before |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
266. http://nosweatapparel.com/ |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
272. But the culture is so quaint. |
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bobweaver (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-05 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
281. Wal-Mart sucks money out of a community. It's not political, it's economic |
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