Walmart boss earns 1,200 times as much as the company’s median worker

TTQ64 said:
Standing Ovation!

cawacky thinks raising the minimum wage hurts Blacks most.
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I'll admit I'm an idiot. There are many reasons why but one is because I keep talking to you when you just troll.

I'll repeat it again. The minimum wage hurts young people, especially those deemed "at risk", the most. "At risk" kids come in all colors and ethnicities.
 
tinfoil said:
The other thing we'll need to know is what kind of hours the employee worked. Full time? Part time? Were their hours less than the magical cutoff for mandated employer ACA coverage? Wonder why? LOL

Walmart employs a ton of seniors who work part time and purposefully work only enough hours to stay under the cutoff point for their government assistance. McDonalds and all the fast food places have the same thing going on. It's a choice the employee is making. Walmart attracts these employees because it's a relatively easy job.
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This sounds on one of my chief complaints with democrats to gnash teeth when it comes to Walmart. Sam Walton set out to employee people nobody else would even if they could only work limited hours. He didn't do it to get subsidies. He did it so mom's could put in a few hours while the kids were at school or dad's could do a few hours in the evening to make extra cash beyond their other job. I am a progressive and I absolutely admire the guy for that instinct. Now the government gives many of those workers benefits like EITC. The government subsidizes the workers, not the corporation, but democrats call it a giant subsidy to Walmart while simultaneously pooting a brick if you dare mention taking the EITC away.
 
The Derp said:
Costco workers get paid that much. So the value is there. The Waltons are just welfare queens who rely on government to subsidize nearly half their profits. If Walmart paid its workers a living wage, US taxpayers would spend $6.2B less in welfare.

But keep justifying welfare for corporations...it's really helping your free market case. LOL!






Costco pays its workers a living wage. So why can't Walmart do that? They certainly have room to; they made $14B in profit last year, despite their workers getting $6B in public assistance.
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I don't think welfare should exist. If those Walmart workers offer such low skills they can't make it on what they're being paid, tough shit.
 
CFM said:
I don't think welfare should exist. If those Walmart workers offer such low skills they can't make it on what they're being paid, tough shit.
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Someone has to work those jobs. If you're working a job, any job, then you deserve a living wage. If you oppose welfare, then you should support higher wages because welfare is determined by income. So something has to give here, because we can't have people dying from starvation despite being employed. Wages have to rise and that comes at the cost of higher profits for business owners. It's that simple.
 
CFM said:
I don't think welfare should exist. If those Walmart workers offer such low skills they can't make it on what they're being paid, tough shit.
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well you are a racist sociopath with mental issues


we dont let idiots like you run things because you are too fucking stupid
 
The Derp said:
Someone has to work those jobs. If you're working a job, any job, then you deserve a living wage. If you oppose welfare, then you should support higher wages because welfare is determined by income. So something has to give here, because we can't have people dying from starvation despite being employed. Wages have to rise and that comes at the cost of higher profits for business owners. It's that simple.
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I do support higher wages for those that offer the skills to earn them. If you don't have the skills, take what you can get and stop expecting the rest of us to offset your shitty skills.

If someone is starving despite being employed, feel free to offset that on their behalf with your money if you care as much as you claim. When you start expecting others to do what you won't do for those you claim to care for, you lose credibility for your claims. You don't care. You want credit for what someone else does.
 
Kacper said:
This sounds on one of my chief complaints with democrats to gnash teeth when it comes to Walmart. Sam Walton set out to employee people nobody else would even if they could only work limited hours. He didn't do it to get subsidies. He did it so mom's could put in a few hours while the kids were at school or dad's could do a few hours in the evening to make extra cash beyond their other job. I am a progressive and I absolutely admire the guy for that instinct. Now the government gives many of those workers benefits like EITC. The government subsidizes the workers, not the corporation, but democrats call it a giant subsidy to Walmart while simultaneously pooting a brick if you dare mention taking the EITC away.
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WRONG

he did it for money

the rise of Walmart KILLED thousands of local businesses in now depressed areas all over the nation


HE PUT THOUSANDS OF FAMILY BUSINESSES IN A GRAVE
 
evince said:
well you are a racist sociopath with mental issues


we dont let idiots like you run things because you are too fucking stupid
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Says the idiot that thinks giving someone something they didn't earn will motivate them to do better. Unlike you, I've learned that enabling freeloaders doesn't stop them from being freeloaders it produces more freeloaders like you.
 
CFM said:
I do support higher wages for those that offer the skills to earn them. If you don't have the skills, take what you can get and stop expecting the rest of us to offset your shitty skills.

If someone is starving despite being employed, feel free to offset that on their behalf with your money if you care as much as you claim. When you start expecting others to do what you won't do for those you claim to care for, you lose credibility for your claims. You don't care. You want credit for what someone else does.
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fuck off racist sociopathic fool
 
cawacko said:
While I don't disagree you can take good ideas from other countries you are essentially saying you want to recreate the world's economic superpower. And not one of those countries you listed offer teenagers "living wages".
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link
 
CFM said:
Says the idiot that thinks giving someone something they didn't earn will motivate them to do better. Unlike you, I've learned that enabling freeloaders doesn't stop them from being freeloaders it produces more freeloaders like you.
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shut the fuck up you lying sociopathic racist asshole
 
evince said:
WRONG

he did it for money

the rise of Walmart KILLED thousands of local businesses in now depressed areas all over the nation


HE PUT THOUSANDS OF FAMILY BUSINESSES IN A GRAVE
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Sam offered the same things at a lower price and people went for it.

Interesting how those of you that believe in the concept of survival of the fittest when it comes to the evolution of mankind oppose it when it comes to business. Hypocrites.

Study up on the Economic concept of the Law of Demand. In simple terms, which is all you're capable of grasping, if prices go up, demand for that item goes down and vice versa. Lower prices produce a higher demand outside of factors unrelated to price that affect demand, therefore, people are going to go where the prices are lower. If you can't compete, you don't survive.
 
cawacko said:
I'll admit I'm an idiot. There are many reasons why but one is because I keep talking to you when you just troll.

I'll repeat it again. The minimum wage hurts young people, especially those deemed "at risk", the most. "At risk" kids come in all colors and ethnicities.
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you racist fucktard
 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timwor...-thats-the-darn-point-of-it-all/#6e78c3ec1069

Of Course WalMart Destroys Retail Jobs: That's The Darn Point Of It All






Tim Worstall , Contributor

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.
I really must stop reading Daily Kos: it does my blood pressure no good at all. For example, here's a complaint that WalMart destroys retail jobs by opening a store in an area. Well, yes, of course it does, that's the whole point of this game we call the economy:
Walmart doesn't bring new jobs with it, either, not even crappy Walmart jobs. Instead, it brings unemployment and poverty:
A study published in 2008 in the Journal of Urban Economics examined about 3,000 Walmart store openings nationally and found that each store caused a net decline of about 150 jobs (as competing retailers downsized and closed) and lowered total wages paid to retail workers.
 
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