Originally Posted by WickedLou9 maybe. but if walmart is the biggest single employer in the country, then walmart can certainly put a burdon on the tax payers by not providing health insurance to more and more of it's workers. And giving them health care would cause them to drastically lose ...
10-23-2006, 03:29 PM
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| Originally Posted by WickedLou9 And giving them health care would cause them to drastically lose marketshare, which means less people would be employed and the entire country would lose purchasing power.
Dont see how we can force a company to pay for health care, especially when none of their competition pays for it. | ||||
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10-23-2006, 03:34 PM
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| Originally Posted by Diesel66 Maybe we need socialized health care then.
 NO one can afford it on thier own,. the companies who do provide it put them selves at a competitive disadvantage, and those with pre-existing agreements like GM and Ford are going out of business because of it. Socialized health care would eliminate 50% of all personal bankruptcies, and it would make american business more competitive on the world market. | ||||
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10-23-2006, 05:51 PM
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| Originally Posted by WickedLou9 Socialized health care is horrible. And no that statement is false.
~100 a month for health care insurrance is certinly in the grasp of workers. Hell I can get Kaiser for $188 a month. Same plan I get through work for $28 a month. | ||||
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10-23-2006, 06:51 PM
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| Originally Posted by Diesel66 I don't know anything about that plan but I know that if you were a family of 4, for you to go out and buy your own policy it would be upwards of 800 dollars a month.
A young single male with a minimal plan would probably be able to get cheaper coverage. | ||||
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10-23-2006, 06:55 PM
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| Originally Posted by lew What, consumers can afford things they othrewise couldn'lt have afforded? Oh the horror!
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10-23-2006, 06:57 PM
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| Originally Posted by ballz2wallz Oh billy, look they put up a walmart! you can eat today billy!
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10-23-2006, 07:00 PM
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| MIT Press Journals - Review of Economics and Statistics - 87(1):174 - Abstract February 2005, Vol. 87, No. 1, Pages 174-183 Posted Online March 13, 2006. (doi:10.1162/0034653053327568)
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10-23-2006, 07:06 PM
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| Originally Posted by WickedLou9 Why not? Food is super cheap there.
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10-23-2006, 07:07 PM
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| Originally Posted by ballz2wallz You can get food just as cheap at most local grocery stores, especially if you cut coupons and buy store brands.
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10-23-2006, 07:09 PM
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| Originally Posted by WickedLou9 Walmart beats most normal grocery stores.
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10-23-2006, 07:15 PM
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| Braccae tuae aperiuntur.  Reform Party NJ
| My mom loves Walmart. It has improved her standard of living. She uses it mostly for things she would get at the grocery store. Cosmetics, bathroom supplies, food, etc. Their normal prices are basically the sale/coupon prices at grocery stores and sometimes way cheaper than that. Basically it's like everything they sell is always on sale or even cheaper than our local stores. She buys what she can at Walmart and then goes to the grocery store for the rest. It has cut her food costs a lot. I'd say upwards of 10-15%. | ||||
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10-23-2006, 07:18 PM
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| Combine that with Sam's Club and you can get months worth of stuff for very little. | ||||
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10-23-2006, 07:21 PM
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| Braccae tuae aperiuntur. Reform Party NJ
| Originally Posted by ballz2wallz She has a shared BJs account. But she doesn't have the room to buy in bulk. The kitchen is about 6x8 and that includes refrigerator, stove, sink and cabinets. No pantry. She has to do her shopping a couple times a week. For people who don't have a lot Walmart is great. And if the employees aren't happy working there, there's plenty of other places in NJ.
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10-23-2006, 07:35 PM
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| Originally Posted by Diesel66 Assumption: Walmarts do not remove jobs from a community that would be considered more skilled labor and replace them with unskilled.
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10-24-2006, 07:58 AM
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| Originally Posted by JaJae Combine that with the 300 generic drugs they just listed they'd sell for $4 a month and I can't see why poorer consumers wouldn't be able to buy more.
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10-24-2006, 02:40 PM
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| Originally Posted by nbiggershaft What retail store has skilled labor ?
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10-24-2006, 02:44 PM
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| Originally Posted by Diesel66 hardware and electronics stores to name a couple
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10-24-2006, 02:48 PM
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| Originally Posted by nbiggershaft last guy that knew something at a hardware store died 30 years ago. Kids at best buy are skilled workers now ?
And walmart doesnt really compete in electronics or hardware. | ||||
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10-24-2006, 02:50 PM
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| Originally Posted by nbiggershaft You call them skilled?
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10-24-2006, 09:34 PM
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| Bokonist Independent Kansas City
| Originally Posted by Diesel66 Exactly. There is a reason there is no longer skilled labor in these areas.
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