Ok I was staying away from this thread...it was hard but I stayed away...but then we pulled the Wal-Mart card so Now I really feel the need to speak.....

First off let me say I hate wal-mart I refuse to shop there and havent in several years.....I will pay more elsewhere before I will even give them the time of day....why you ask?

1) Contrary to some of these threads...they DO NOT take care of there people...they purposly have one of the lowest percentage of full timers per capita then any other buisness...they do this so they dont have to pay benifits.....what do we expect Most americans want it now and want it cheap...Wal-Mart provides that service.....and they focus on CHEAP

2) Now I don't know about you all but I know personally 3 people that worked in our local distribution warehouse. 1 worked in the QC (quality control) department, the other 2 in transportation.....they choose to leave...why? Piss poor benifits....piss poor pay......and for the QC guy Piss porr quality...to the effect of about 100 safety violations...and QC requirements....basically there stuff is JUNK...all this of course swept under the rug.

3) You ever buy a TV at WAL-MART? Did you all know if it breaks you can't get it fixed? Why? Because these items even though they may say SONY, TOSHIBA...etc... are unique models to Wal-mart...cheap components that CANNOT be replaced...why because noone else can get the parts for the item...and walmart wants it to break in 2 years so you have to go get yet another TV.....why not save for a quality TV? that will last 7-10 years?

4) Any guess's as to where the produce and stuff you are buying comes from? I can tell you it isnt the United States.

5) now I am sure half of you here have seen the special on WAL-mart that Cinemax showed? Well that is basically media right? so We need to go to the horses mouth...and my best friend's wife was born and raised in China and still to this day travels back 2 times a year....everything that was said...the Dorm houses they built there to house workers...is true...the 13 to 18 cents an hour they are paid....true....making the workers pay to live in there dorms even if they are living elsewhere...true.....Even though I am conservative folks I will not condone a company that treats there people like that to save us money....the savings isnt worth it to me. Now most peoples argument is that "I can't afford the high quality stuff" well you could if you save for it, I mean you have 200 to buy a walmart-tv today...in a couple months you will have or most likely will have 150 more to buy a quality item...you just have to save for it...and you can't have it today...you have a choice.

6) Wal-mart puts small buisness out of buisness and I WILL not contribute to that...i pay the extra to support my local economy and buisness's I really feel everyone should.

I have some feelings on the other Political discussions attatched to this thread but I think I will keep that to myself

Mitch