Even though Wal-Mart is a colossal money maker, it barely pays it’s workers enough to live comforably, forcing employees to go on food stamps, Medicaid and other social welfare programs.
Wal-Mart pulls in $36 million dollars per hour – being the largest seller of food in the world. Yet, they don’t take care of their employees.
Through your tax dollars you are, in essence, handing a Wal-Mart cashier your money but not even getting so much as an empty bag in return.
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Have you seen the list of other places besides Walmart?
That’s where they get the $ to fund al sharpton.
Their muslum help is rude & stupid as well.
Wal-Mart supports Al Sharpton!
Idaho Minimum wage is $7.60 per hour
No wonder they follow blindy what their masters tell them to do, think or say.
krychick says:
“The problem with Walmart is not just that they pay low wages and limit many if not most jobs to part time to avoid paying benefits/retirement, thus forcing some workers to seek SNAP and MA, it’s that Walmart also gets tax incentives from communities to come there thinking that it will bring jobs to the area when most times having a Walmart Superstore open in your area does exactly the opposite- many mom and pop stores can’t compete with Walmart’s prices and either shrink their staff to save money or close down, so in reality they are not adding jobs, they are just shifting jobs from smaller stores to their own store. From personal experience of having shopped there they are always understaffed, even at times of the day when they should expect more customers (late afternoon/evening, for example). They have 25 check out lines and only two are staffed. Any time I think it makes sense to run in to pick up a few things I almost always (9 times out of 10) leave my stuff on the side and walk out because the waiting is unbelievable. Even at Target, when they have similar situations, when the lines start backing up they will open a couple of more cashier lanes to move things along. Walmart, never. I see others doing the same thing, leaving their stuff and walking out. For the few cents lower you might pay for an item- depending what it is, you could actually be paying more for some things than you might in another store- it is just not worth standing on line for 20 minutes or more just waiting to pay. It’s very inconvenient. The only time I shop at Walmart is if someone gives me a giftcard from there or the once a year I buy my son a bike, you can’t beat Walmart on prices/variety for kid’s bikes. While it’s true no one is forced to work at Walmart, when other stores close down because a Walmart Superstore has opened, sometimes the only jobs available are Walmart jobs. Since many of them are strictly part time and low paying, a person may indeed qualify for benefits such as SNAP or MA for themselves or at least their children. So, Walmart benefits on both ends- tax subsidies for just coming to town and then the benefits paid out to the workers who simply are not making enough to keep them above the poverty line. Jobs are scarce. Even if you have a good skill set there may not be jobs available in the area where you lives to put those skills to good use in a higher paying job. A lot of people say well, move to where the jobs are. That’s not always the easy or best answer. A lot of people have ties to their community- family, for one, plus the cost of moving to where you *might* get a job is shaky, especially if you are considering moving a great distance to try and get a job where your skills might come in handy. And the truth is, if you need to be applying for benefits just to feed your family and provide medical insurance for them, the cost of moving may very well be out of reach for some people. It’s a tricky business. I don’t shop at Walmart because I have the ability to shop numerous other stores. At the same time, we have three Walmart Superstores in my area- three! I don’t personally think we need three Walmart stores, but one is in the city and the other two are in the suburbs around the main city area. I’m lucky to live in a heavily populated area and have choices, also having my own vehicle helps so I can get to the stores of my choice. Not everyone has that luxury. It’s less of a political reason and more of a dislike for the customer service in Walmart which makes me not shop there. I’ve known people who have worked or who currently work at Walmart, some were unhappy with the scheduling/pay scale, others are happy in their jobs. It just depends what working conditions you are willing to accept. I’m lucky enough where I don’t have to work, my husband works and I’m a SAHM, but even so I know I could never work for a company like Walmart or any corporate company. Any time I’ve said to myself I’d be able to handle it I’ve quit within a week of finishing training. I’m just not one for the corporate atmosphere. Most of the jobs I’ve had in my life were working for mom and pop stores or working for myself. I do better with less coworkers and only one boss instead of stepping stones- supervisor, manager, general manager, regional manager… I like only having to answer to one person and take orders from that same person. Clears up a lot of confusion. When my son is older I plan to go back to school and learn a trade I’ve always wanted to learn and then can be in business for myself- just me, no employees, no employer- sounds like heaven.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/federal-government-pays-wal-mart-2-6-billion-welfare-payment-every-year/comment-page-8/#comment-890417
The problem with Walmart is not just that they pay low wages and limit many if not most jobs to part time to avoid paying benefits/retirement, thus forcing some workers to seek SNAP and MA, it’s that Walmart also gets tax incentives from communities to come there thinking that it will bring jobs to the area when most times having a Walmart Superstore open in your area does exactly the opposite- many mom and pop stores can’t compete with Walmart’s prices and either shrink their staff to save money or close down, so in reality they are not adding jobs, they are just shifting jobs from smaller stores to their own store. From personal experience of having shopped there they are always understaffed, even at times of the day when they should expect more customers (late afternoon/evening, for example). They have 25 check out lines and only two are staffed. Any time I think it makes sense to run in to pick up a few things I almost always (9 times out of 10) leave my stuff on the side and walk out because the waiting is unbelievable. Even at Target, when they have similar situations, when the lines start backing up they will open a couple of more cashier lanes to move things along. Walmart, never. I see others doing the same thing, leaving their stuff and walking out. For the few cents lower you might pay for an item- depending what it is, you could actually be paying more for some things than you might in another store- it is just not worth standing on line for 20 minutes or more just waiting to pay. It’s very inconvenient. The only time I shop at Walmart is if someone gives me a giftcard from there or the once a year I buy my son a bike, you can’t beat Walmart on prices/variety for kid’s bikes. While it’s true no one is forced to work at Walmart, when other stores close down because a Walmart Superstore has opened, sometimes the only jobs available are Walmart jobs. Since many of them are strictly part time and low paying, a person may indeed qualify for benefits such as SNAP or MA for themselves or at least their children. So, Walmart benefits on both ends- tax subsidies for just coming to town and then the benefits paid out to the workers who simply are not making enough to keep them above the poverty line. Jobs are scarce. Even if you have a good skill set there may not be jobs available in the area where you lives to put those skills to good use in a higher paying job. A lot of people say well, move to where the jobs are. That’s not always the easy or best answer. A lot of people have ties to their community- family, for one, plus the cost of moving to where you *might* get a job is shaky, especially if you are considering moving a great distance to try and get a job where your skills might come in handy. And the truth is, if you need to be applying for benefits just to feed your family and provide medical insurance for them, the cost of moving may very well be out of reach for some people. It’s a tricky business. I don’t shop at Walmart because I have the ability to shop numerous other stores. At the same time, we have three Walmart Superstores in my area- three! I don’t personally think we need three Walmart stores, but one is in the city and the other two are in the suburbs around the main city area. I’m lucky to live in a heavily populated area and have choices, also having my own vehicle helps so I can get to the stores of my choice. Not everyone has that luxury. It’s less of a political reason and more of a dislike for the customer service in Walmart which makes me not shop there. I’ve known people who have worked or who currently work at Walmart, some were unhappy with the scheduling/pay scale, others are happy in their jobs. It just depends what working conditions you are willing to accept. I’m lucky enough where I don’t have to work, my husband works and I’m a SAHM, but even so I know I could never work for a company like Walmart or any corporate company. Any time I’ve said to myself I’d be able to handle it I’ve quit within a week of finishing training. I’m just not one for the corporate atmosphere. Most of the jobs I’ve had in my life were working for mom and pop stores or working for myself. I do better with less coworkers and only one boss instead of stepping stones- supervisor, manager, general manager, regional manager… I like only having to answer to one person and take orders from that same person. Clears up a lot of confusion. When my son is older I plan to go back to school and learn a trade I’ve always wanted to learn and then can be in business for myself- just me, no employees, no employer- sounds like heaven.
that’s what obama care is doing to this country
Hillary Clinton had kind words for Wal-Mart as recently as 2004, when … By 1993 she had accumulated at least $100,000 in Wal-Mart stock, … http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0312-01.htm