No, but you make it sound as if there is nothing they can do about it. It's not my fault they chose the path in life they are on.
Hell, early on in life when I wasn't happy with the money I was making, I went out and did something about it. I didn't walk around thinking "gee, the guy that owns this place I work for owes me some of his money. That's immature thinking.
What's happening J? While I agree with you for the most part (
everyone cannot be me or you), what always seems to be avoided in the discussion is the government money allocated to the workers of Walmart in the form of food stamps, health care, etc. Let's just say the Forbes article stating Walmart stores average about a $1-Million a year in government subsides to it's workers is true (
We know Walmart workers collect). You and I . . . the American taxpayer are paying for those subsidies. Now, let's just say there are only 1000 Walmart Superstores in America (
There are well more than that) . . . that is $1-Billion a year WE pay so Walmart doesn't have too, and for many, it is still the people's fault. When they don't spend that $1-Billion paying their workers, that money just stays in the profit column. So, who is really getting the welfare?
It use to be department store jobs were a weigh station to bigger and better things for most folks . . . but we do not manufacture things anymore, and have developed into a service related economy that doesn't provide avenues to greater success like economies of the past. Not only that, the economic game plan of moving factories to places like China, Bangladesh, and Pakistan has played against the American worker, and developed products that can only be described as cheap (
or inexpensive, you pick), poorly made, and have short life spans. I remember when a Washer & Dryer lasted 20-years. Hell, my Mom has a working Norge refrigerator in her basement from the Mid-1950s. We are lucky to get 10-years out of an appliance now-a-days.
It doesn't bother me that Walmart makes a profit . . . but at what cost to others? We are blaming workers for being on welfare while the employer walks away with corporate welfare and no one bats an eye. Sure, some people could get 2-jobs . . . hell, even three. But many cannot. I don't want to subsidize their health care when Walmart can still make huge profits AND pay their employees.
I don't shop at Walmart. Hate the place. It is a far cry from the first Walmart I ever went into when I was stationed in Memphis. Back in the day when the stores had banners all over every wall declaring all the merchandise was made in America . . . back when Sam Walton was still alive and the worker was considered along with profit. Walmart doesn't give two-shirts about the average American, and it always amazes me how the villain turns out to be their lazy workers.
