Wal-Mart being deceitful?!

[garbagemanlb]

Wal-Mart blogs revealed to be*done by PR firm's employees - Oct. 20, 2006



I love how they can't even find legitimate supporters online, so they have to go to a PR firm and pay them to make up false blogs.

[KatKanPlay]

Your tax dollars subsidize Wal-Mart's growth

• The first ever national report on Wal-Mart subsidies documented at least $1 billion in subsidies from state and local governments.
• A Wal-Mart official stated that “it is common” for the company to request subsidies “in about one-third of all [retail] projects.” This would suggest that over a thousand Wal-Mart stores have been subsidized. [“Shopping For Subsidies: How Wal-Mart Uses Taxpayer Money to Finance Its Never-Ending Growth,” Good Job First, May 2004]

Wake-Up Wal-Mart: The Real Wal-Mart Facts



http://www.buyblue.org/cg.php?&Democ...32250&type=tcc
$377,460 to Democrats
$1,354,790 to Republicans
$0 to Others
$1,732,250 in Total Contributions

$1,732,250 invested, $1 Billion in return.....And no requirement whatsoever to be socially responsible........

[Diesel66]

Originally Posted by KatKanPlay

Your tax dollars subsidize Wal-Mart's growth [list][*]The first ever national report on Wal-Mart subsidies documented at least $1 billion in subsidies from state and local governments.

oh the horror.

And no requirement whatsoever to be socially responsible........

Offering jobs and a store that saves people money is socially responsible.

[WickedLou9]

Originally Posted by Diesel66

oh the horror.

Offering jobs and a store that saves people money is socially responsible.

I think you need to look up the definition of "Socially Responsible". There is alot of info out there about socailly responsible investing and socially responsible companies. Walmart is not on the list.

[KatKanPlay]

Originally Posted by Diesel66

oh the horror.

Offering jobs and a store that saves people money is socially responsible.

Wal-Mart should be allowed to run their business in any way it sees fit. When it grow prosperous and extremely Profitable on the backs of taxpayer, then it should be required to give back. What it offers is,,,,,


Your tax dollars pay for Wal-Mart's greed

• The estimated total amount of federal assistance for which Wal-Mart employees were eligible in 2004 was $2.5 billion. [The Hidden Price We All Pay For Wal-Mart, A Report By The Democratic Staff Of The Committee On Education And The Workforce, 2/16/04]
• One 200-employee Wal-Mart store may cost federal taxpayers $420,750 per year. This cost comes from the following, on average:
  • $36,000 a year for free and reduced lunches for just 50 qualifying Wal-Mart families.
  • $42,000 a year for low-income housing assistance.
  • $125,000 a year for federal tax credits and deductions for low-income families.
  • $100,000 a year for the additional expenses for programs for students.
  • $108,000 a year for the additional federal health care costs of moving into state children's health insurance programs (S-CHIP)
  • $9,750 a year for the additional costs for low income energy assistance.

Walmarts cheap stuff isnt so cheap. They r

[KatKanPlay]

Originally Posted by Diesel66

oh the horror.

Offering jobs and a store that saves people money is socially responsible.

Wal-Mart should be allowed to run their business in any way it sees fit. When it grow prosperous and extremely Profitable on the backs of taxpayer, then it should be required to give back. What it offers is,,,,,


Your tax dollars pay for Wal-Mart's greed

• The estimated total amount of federal assistance for which Wal-Mart employees were eligible in 2004 was $2.5 billion. [The Hidden Price We All Pay For Wal-Mart, A Report By The Democratic Staff Of The Committee On Education And The Workforce, 2/16/04]
• One 200-employee Wal-Mart store may cost federal taxpayers $420,750 per year. This cost comes from the following, on average:
  • $36,000 a year for free and reduced lunches for just 50 qualifying Wal-Mart families.
  • $42,000 a year for low-income housing assistance.
  • $125,000 a year for federal tax credits and deductions for low-income families.
  • $100,000 a year for the additional expenses for programs for students.
  • $108,000 a year for the additional federal health care costs of moving into state children's health insurance programs (S-CHIP)
  • $9,750 a year for the additional costs for low income energy assistance.

Walmarts cheap stuff isnt so cheap. They reap the profits, taxpayers pay the bills.

[lew]

Walmart booooooooooooooooooooooooo



Let's kill it.

Look at what happens to other stores when a Walmart opens up

[KatKanPlay]

Originally Posted by lew

Walmart booooooooooooooooooooooooo



Let's kill it.

$1,000,000,000.00 in taxpayer money to turn a $9,000,000,000.00 profit with no accountablity to anyone but the stockholders. There is something very wrong with this picture.

Why the hell do they need my money and more specifically why do they get it?

[lew]

Why shouldn't they need more money and who are you to say they don't?

[KatKanPlay]

Originally Posted by lew

Why shouldn't they need more money and who are you to say they don't?

$9,000,000,000.00 Profit

[lew]

Originally Posted by KatKanPlay

$9,000,000,000.00 Profit

So what?

[Scrum]

Originally Posted by Diesel66

Offering jobs and a store that saves people money is socially responsible.

I pay my landscaper for work he's done and I only kick him twice a week.

I'm socially responsible.

[Scrum]

Originally Posted by lew

Why shouldn't they need more money and who are you to say they don't?

Why shouldn't they people down the road need public healthcare and who are you to say they don't?

[KatKanPlay]

Originally Posted by lew

So what?

I dont even know how to respond to that.

[garbagemanlb]

I like how no one even responded to my post.

[KatKanPlay]

Originally Posted by garbagemanlb

I like how no one even responded to my post.

We all responded to your post, but it may have been me that sidetracked the whole PR Firm thing,,,, I apologize.

Walmart blogs, hmmm? I dont think I have ever considered blogging walmart.

[lew]

Originally Posted by Scrumtralecent

Why shouldn't they people down the road need public healthcare and who are you to say they don't?

huh?

[lew]

Originally Posted by KatKanPlay

I dont even know how to respond to that.

I guess you don't like money or profit.


Quit whatever job you have. Or, work for free. Or, give 100% of your money away.

[Diesel66]

Originally Posted by KatKanPlay

Wal-Mart should be allowed to run their business in any way it sees fit. When it grow prosperous and extremely Profitable on the backs of taxpayer, then it should be required to give back.

And the 5 billion they pay in income tax isnt enough ? 1 out of evry 3 dollars they made isnt enough for you ?

Originally Posted by KatKanPlay

$1,000,000,000.00 in taxpayer money to turn a $9,000,000,000.00 profit with no accountablity to anyone but the stockholders. There is something very wrong with this picture.

Why the hell do they need my money and more specifically why do they get it?

First those have nothing to do with each other. They made their 10bil in profit by selling $285 billion worth of items.

3.5% profit. oh the horror.






http://www.walmartstores.com/Files/2005AnnualReport.pdf
Page 42 for the tax info

[WickedLou9]

Originally Posted by Diesel66

And the 5 billion they pay in income tax isnt enough ? 1 out of evry 3 dollars they made isnt enough for you ?


First those have nothing to do with each other. They made their 10bil in profit by selling $285 billion worth of items.

3.5% profit. oh the horror.






http://www.walmartstores.com/Files/2005AnnualReport.pdf
Page 42 for the tax info

I hate it when people use that arguement. an absolute profit margin percentage is stupid. It depends entirely on the size of the business as to it's meaning. The company I work for grew 1400% in 2004 and 400% in 2005. guess what. As we get bigger the growth rate shrinks. a small business with 5 employees making a 3% profit margin is barely staying afloat, probably not even.
Walmart is making billions in profit. still 3%. Real dollars DO matter.