09.15.06

Joining the drumbeat of idiocy…. NOT !

Posted in Politics, Economics, WalMart Rocks at 4:15 pm by JB

There is a group out there called “Wake Up Wal-Mart“. They have, I’m sure, non-noble intentions. Groups like this are a scourge on the body politic.

Wal-Mart provides low-cost goods for people who don’t shop in high-priced antique shops, who can’t afford- or don’t want- grain fed organic food. Wal-Mart also is the largest private employer in the country. The second largest employer in the nation behind the federal government.

Does that not tell you something ?!

Most Wal-Mart employees are teenage kids or second-earners. Wal-Mart pays better than minimum wage very quickly, and treats their employees very well overall.

This ridiculous “Wake Up” group says this:

Wal-Mart has become much more than just a small corner store in rural America. In the past 10 years, Wal-Mart has grown into the largest retailer in the world — number 1 among the Fortune 500 — and is America’s largest employer.

Wal-Mart was never intended to be a small corner store, and hasn’t even tried for over 30 years.

Wal-Mart was a leader in the “Buy American” movement, and whenever possible buys products from American producers. I know this from experience. There is a shop in Marion, Arkansas that makes lamps and lighting equipment almost exclusively for Wal-Mart, and the Sharp microwave plant in Memphis makes almost exclusively for Wal-Mart.

But this is one of the most egregious claims:

# In Wal-Mart’s America, wealthy companies shift their health care costs onto taxpayers like you and your families.
# In our America, corporations live up to their responsibility and provide their employees with adequate and affordable health care coverage.

This shows a staggering lack of knowledge of how business works. “Corporations live up to their responsibility.” This is juvenile tripe. Business who can’t make money fail. Companies who can pass on their costs to their customers. If Wal-Mart falls victim to unionization (see all the auto manufacturers or airlines choking under union pressures) or raises their prices beyond the reach of normal consumers, 3 million or more people will lose their jobs immediately.

And when did these silly groups decide health care was so important ? That’s just gonna fund insurance companies, and they hate those organizations as well.

This is a socialist movement- the hatred of Wal-Mart- and it shows a frighteningly shallow and stupid understanding of markets, economics, and responsibility.

Any politician who sees Wal-Mart as a threat, but wants to appease Iran, Iraq, Al Queda, doesn’t deserve a single vote, and anyone who supports those people doesn’t deserve to vote. You crazy-ass people who vote against Wal-Mart aren’t smart enough to deserve a voice.

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