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Thread #68554 Message #1156075
Posted By: JenEllen
06-Apr-04 - 06:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Walmart Sidesteps the Government...
Subject: RE: BS: Walmart Sidesteps the Government...
In addition to the others, this was from Yes!s Spring 2004 'page that counts':
Percent of Wal-Mart employees eligible for food stamps: around 50% Combined net worth of the three Waltons who own 38% of Wal-Mart stock: $66 billion Net worth of Afganistan: $19 billion Size of the tax break Denver, CO is offering WM to open a new store in the city: $10 million Projected sales tax this WM will produce between now and 2016: about $1.6 million Value of WM merchandise (who earlier advised the nation to 'buy American') imported from China in 2002: $12 billion Percentage of the low-wage workforce in the US that is not composed of teenagers: 93
You can delay as long as you like, or make the claim of 'better value', but it's really only paying lip-service. Every product you buy is an investment. You are telling the company and stores that manufacture and supply it that you agree with what they do. In a case like this, every dollar you spend is condoning bad behavior.
On the flip side, every day you spend above ground on this earth is another day to effect change.