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08/23/2005 10:32:55 AM · #76 |
Need more detail then that.
What type of anti trust legislation do we need. We already have laws on that (note the microsoft stuff a few years ago). We need more? Is Walmart a monopoly? Need specifics.
Workers have protection with EEO, OSHA, child labor laws, Family leave... what more do we need? Should we raise minimum wage to $20/hour so everyone can be happy? Mandatory medical benefits?
There are no laws prohibiting unions from forming and striking if they chose. If the majority of people in a workplace agree that a union should be formed, one gets formed. What more do they need?
Visas and Tariffs, better known as taxes, is rarely a good solution. They do nothing but raise the prices of goods and encourage inflation. Basically it's a form of price fixing.
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08/23/2005 11:10:40 AM · #77 |
And they create another 800 jobs by the additional retail outlets that build next to WalMart.
Frankly, when I hear how "Walmart" puts the small mom and pops out of busines I wonder where any of this crap comes from. I'm 29 yrs old. And most mom and pop shops were put out of business before I was born. (Excepting maybe the occasional gas station or or ice cream shop which I doubt Walmart's appearance will make too much difference with.)
Whenever a Walmart, Home Depot, etc is built it is usually only a couple of years till a dozen or more additional shops pop-up around it and form a commercial district. Then, since there's a bit of commercial area you start getting your conglomeration of fast food restaurants. Then you get a TGI Friday's/Ruby Tuesday's/Teddy Thursday's or what not. In truth, you wind up with a lot more jobs then were lost.
The problem, is the kind of jobs created. Retail jobs are $6-$11/hr jobs as opposed to the $9-$22/hr manufacturing jobs. And that's the problem when you move from a producer state to a consumer state...
- The Saj
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08/23/2005 01:31:21 PM · #78 |
| Watch online the PBS Fronline documentary Is Walmart Good For America? |
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