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RE: Walmart throws a bone
February 23, 2015 at 12:33 pm
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"On top of that, Walmart already pays nearly all of its employees more than the minimum wage. The AP reports that less than 6,000 of its 2.1 million employees currently make the federal minimum."
Well yipee yahoo! A lot of states have higher than the federal minimum wage, and it is still not a liveable wage for a lot of single parent families. Even just the basics.
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RE: Walmart throws a bone
February 23, 2015 at 12:33 pm
And to clarify, she was GSA, she is getting a US government pension. By displacing a younger poor person she is causing a problem, except when I contemplate the business model Wallyworld has regards letting the government subsidize the shoppers, the products, and customers, and then I think she is saving somebody.
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RE: Walmart throws a bone
February 23, 2015 at 12:49 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2015 at 12:59 pm by Brian37.)
(February 23, 2015 at 12:33 pm)Kitty Galore Wrote: "On top of that, Walmart already pays nearly all of its employees more than the minimum wage. The AP reports that less than 6,000 of its 2.1 million employees currently make the federal minimum."
Well yipee yahoo! A lot of states have higher than the federal minimum wage, and it is still not a liveable wage for a lot of single parent families. Even just the basics.
Yea no shit. In more expensive locations even with two parent families it isnt enough.
Livable wages should be based on 40 hour weeks and enough for one person to pay the bills, single or married. That way if you have a roomate, or if you are married or single, you make enough to cover your bills and save.
But the way raises or federal increases go up now, those are used to increase prices and or decrease hours. That is not helping. That is simply big business blackmailing society.
What we need now is a livable wage and lower prices.
(February 23, 2015 at 12:22 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Coming from a middle class family, the rich and conservatives seriously need to stop saying to poor people that if they weren't so lazy and worked harder it would all be alright. If you've never been poor please refrain from making idiotic generalizations and minimizing trouble people face. There are no equal opportunities, people are conditioned since birth, and poor people are no exception
Well I am not against laziness, that is why people own businesses, because they do not want to work hard.
It is much easier to spend long hours on something when you own it than it is to work under the constraints for someone else.
Life is not either or for me. It is not all work or all luck, both work and overlap. And even if someone refuses to work, it is still cheaper to house them and feed them than criminalize poverty.
Now that certainly isn't claiming no one should work, just that our pay gap is killing us and while it takes all classes, there does need to be a more stable environment for all. There is no danger in a nanny state by addressing economic stability.
I find it absurd to use the term "hard work" when we invent things to make our lives easier. Productivity should be about making things easier, not harder.
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RE: Walmart throws a bone
February 23, 2015 at 2:05 pm
I hate Walmart. Aside from the low pay, the way they treat my ex-girlfriend is pitiful. They shit on their employees. I've shopped there a couple of times, but I feel dirty every time I fork money over to one of their cashiers, because I'm helping to support a corporation that treats people like shit.
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February 23, 2015 at 2:10 pm
What amused me was that Jerry Doyle (of Babylon 5, fame), posted an Epictimes article on FB basically saying, "See this is why we don't need a raise in the minimum wage: because Walmart came to an agreement with its staff."
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RE: Walmart throws a bone
February 23, 2015 at 2:18 pm
(February 23, 2015 at 2:05 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I hate Walmart. Aside from the low pay, the way they treat my ex-girlfriend is pitiful. They shit on their employees. I've shopped there a couple of times, but I feel dirty every time I fork money over to one of their cashiers, because I'm helping to support a corporation that treats people like shit.
Unfortunately that is how our species behaves, and not just with business, but you let any aspect of society, business, political party or religion to it's own devices, they can go off the rails. Everything is run by humans and as long as humans seek power in any aspect of society the potential for abuse is there.
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RE: Walmart throws a bone
February 23, 2015 at 2:31 pm
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Quote: Let’s face it – nobody goes to Walmart for the experience
I would totally go to Walmart for the experience, if I ever visit the US 
I work in a shop, I have minimum wage, and if I calculate it from euros to dollars it would be 11.27 dollars. I live in a big city where live is not always cheap, but we manage quite fine because boyfriend makes a good wage, basically my job pays for the luxuries like holidays.
Honestly, I can't imagine how anyone with a family or even a single person could make it trough the month on 9 dollars, it is very little.
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RE: Walmart throws a bone
February 23, 2015 at 2:34 pm
(February 23, 2015 at 2:31 pm)Aisha Wrote: Quote: Let’s face it – nobody goes to Walmart for the experience
I would totally go to Walmart for the experience, if I ever visit the US
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RE: Walmart throws a bone
February 23, 2015 at 3:03 pm
(February 23, 2015 at 2:31 pm)Aisha Wrote: Quote: Let’s face it – nobody goes to Walmart for the experience
I would totally go to Walmart for the experience, if I ever visit the US
I work in a shop, I have minimum wage, and if I calculate it from euros to dollars it would be 11.27 dollars. I live in a big city where live is not always cheap, but we manage quite fine because boyfriend makes a good wage, basically my job pays for the luxuries like holidays.
Honestly, I can't imagine how anyone with a family or even a single person could make it trough the month on 9 dollars, it is very little.
Yes but because of two incomes. Could you make it on one job by yourself with no help? Don't get me wrong, if it works for both of you that's ok, but not ideal for everyone.
Livable wages should not force people to combine incomes it should be based on if you were single because relationships don't always last.
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RE: Walmart throws a bone
February 23, 2015 at 3:13 pm
Working in Walmart sounds horrible. I wonder how desperate do you have to be to apply there?
It's a huge chain, so it must have a lot of employees. It's sad to think that they are being treated so unfairly.
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