Did you know that more than 80% of all products sold at Walmart are foreign made due to FreeTrade?

[Union Yes]

Proving that Walmart is UnAmerican.

And Walmart wants it that way.

Walmart forces suppliers to cut prices or outsource their product production to China, India, etc to force suppliers to cut labor costs and make products with the cheapest price possible.

That's the Walmart price.

If shopping at Walmart, beware of falling American wages. Beware of slave made goods.

[pkz]

1. yes...and they are junk

disposable junk!

I swear I think every item is intended to lure us into what I call the "14.88 rollback trick"
You need a coffeemaker? Buy the one with the rollback price, 4 mos. later throw it away and buy another.

Thing is....the same junk is in the highend stores for 40 bucks more and the same thing happens anyway.
W-Mart is the ruination of all consumers in this country.
We are used to such low quality now, we like the low prices and don't give a damn
that Uncle Joe doesn't work in the Mr. Coffee plant anymore.

Almost every single thing I touch everyday is Made in China....it's like the whole country is one big manufacturing facility.

[aquart]

4. It is. And the pollution is choking it and killing its children.

Because the wonderful thing about doing business overseas is the total absence of regulation.

[gorfle]

13. Walmart has become a junk store.

As far as I'm concerned, Walmart has scraped the bottom of the barrel to vigorously.

They are now about half-a-step up from dollar stores. It's pure, cheap crap that just won't last.

[HopeHoops]

20. Ironically, you can find a LOT of US made products in Dollar Tree.

That's really weird because originally it was almost exclusively Chinese imports. I doubt you can find anything in WalMart that is US made but I won't bother looking. The only reason I'll enter a WalMart is if I really have to take a piss and it is the only thing around.

[WVRICK13]

2. Free Trade

another bipartisan law. Pushed by George H.W. Bush and passed by Clinton. Things are the way they are because the people have lost control of our country and government.

[Captain Hilts]

3. WalMart is a subsidiary of China. nt

[blm]

19. Don't forget to thank Jackson Stephens, Poppy Bush, and Bill Clinton.

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[JoeyT]

5. Does that mean almost 20% of them aren't

shoddy pieces of shit that break the first time they're used?
I find that more shocking than the 80% number, to be honest.
I'd have guessed way more than 80% of their stuff was imported.

It's funny, the same people that scream for xenophobia and racism from the rooftops every chance they get will praise Wal-Mart as a paragon of free market principle in the next breath.

[JCMach1]

6. And overpriced because Walmart basically has monopoly status

with many Chinese factories.

[PassingFair]

9. Remember this:

http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/haha_america/


Ha Ha Ha America....

[KharmaTrain]

7. Since I Avoid Wally World...

this isn't surprising. I refuse to go near one...prefering to buy local whenever possible. No need to beware of the fallng wages, they're already here...just talk to a Wally World employee and the other big boxes that have followed their lead.

Also they no long cut out the little guy...that was accomplished in the 90's. But people still flock over to the place...game over.

[trotsky]

8. I guess I'm surprised it's *only* 80%.

Probably a lot of the food items are still made in the USA, but outside of that who knows.

[Broke In Jersey]

10. I thought the exact same thing...only 80%?

I figured about 95% while other stores would be at 80%. But just like an earlier post mentioned - same junk as in other stores for a lot less.

[donco6]

11. 80%?? I'm not sure I've ever seen anything there made here.

I think they even import chicken.

[tomm2thumbs]

17. the other 20% was probably assembled from imported parts

or is food that is packaged here - baked good stuff and the like

[Brickbat]

12. And it's not "foreign" made in countries with strong labor and environmental and labor standards.

You're absolutely right. These are slave-made goods.

[Liberal In Texas]

14. Watch Greenwald's "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price"

Available on Netflix streaming (for best quality).

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Wal-Mart_The_High_Cost_of_Low_Price/70040809?strackid=63c863c33a941558_0_srl&strkid=1196115787_0_0&trkid=222336

[AndyA]

15. I don't shop at Walmart.

The parking lot is full of foreign cars, the store is full of foreign made junk. And the people who shop there are too stupid to understand what their support of Walmart is doing to America.

You live in America. You work in America. How do you expect to continue that when nothing is made in America? You are shopping yourself out of a job.

Be an American, support American businesses. Buy from local merchants whenever possible, that pumps money directly into your local economy. Look for American-made items. Buy automobiles made by American companies, even if the car was built here, if the corporate headquarters is in another country, the profits from your money go to that overseas, foreign corporation.

Buying goods from foreign companies has been harmful to America and its economy. Just look at what's happened over the last few decades, as imports have grown. We must stop this process.

[Cass]

16. Don't they all have percentages like this now?

It is virtually impossible to find American made products in ANY store, not just WalMart.

A lot of these manufacturers don't need to be forced into outsourcing production to China, India, etc...they are doing it voluntarily for cheap labor and piss-poor regulations.

Don't get me wrong here, I think WalMart is bad outfit and I avoid them as much as possible but no matter where I shop I can't find American made products. Other retailers are no better.

[MyNameGoesHere]

18. Since as far as i know

Walmart is not a manufacturer, wouldn't it be prudent to list the US companies that use cheap labor to produce products that are made in China and resold to Walmart? Hasbro comes to mind. I haven't seen one bad thing against Hasbro on this board. And yet they have a 4 billion profit every year from mostly Chinese goods. I guess what I am saying is, Walmart purchases from suppliers. Aren't the suppliers the real problem?

[Blue Owl]

21. But Wal-Mart is a nice, decent person with a happy smiley face

according to the "supreme court" and its infinite wisdom.