Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Our public officials at work: worried about Wal-Mart

Oh no, our public servants have identified a great threat to society. An invasion of sorts. Is it terrorists? Is it meth cooks/dealers/users who spend less time in jail than you do at the DMV? Is it illegal aliens? No, this is something much more sinister.

And like our founding fathers we must take up arms and fight this evil, this despicable entity known as... Wal-Mart.

Yes, Sam Adams is horrified that Big Box Stores that may want to bring jobs and developement to Portland and then provide citizens who choose to shop there with goods and services at a low prices. Always.

Thankfully our fearless leader is opposing the free-market with any and all tools at his disposal. With the residents of The Pearl on his side he will no doubt be able to silence the less affluent who would like to save $1.37 on their laundry detergent.

Read his post where he asks for our "thoughts" on this invasion.
Controlling the Big Box Store Invasion

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Walmart employees are so underpaid that they have to use $2B in public funds just from the feds. That's enough said. They leech off the community and leave no real benefits to most.

Anonymous said...

I am doing something about the trade issue with China, and you can too. Don't buy junk made in China! That brings us to Wal-Mart... all they sell is crap from China, so they are doing something about it. I say in the name of FAIR trade we keep China-Mart out of our communities. You people need to buy American!

Anonymous said...

once upon a time I earned an income from selling to and providing service to small box, high service retailers who have been replaced by trashtailers like wal-mart.

Costco was bad enough.

Anonymous said...

This Quote is from a defector from China. Keep in mind they own the Panama canal on both sides called the Hutchison Company. (Thanks Jimmy Carter)

"I know that China once got a heavy load of confidential documents from the United States and sent it back to China through the Cosco ship," Chen said, referring to the state-owned China Ocean Shipping Co. The information was "very useful" to China's military and related to "aircraft technology," he added.

Anonymous said...

Actually, Costco is good for business. Their workers get avg. $17/hr. and good benefits, so they can leave a decent middle class lifestyle. Walmart on the other hand.

Anonymous said...

China, huh? Lets see... products I buy at Walmart ... Rolaids, Bandaids, Tetra pet supplies, Purina pet food, Folgers coffee, Campbells soup, Cheetoes, Duracell batteries, brand name toiletries and foods, RCA TV, HP Printer ... and all of these come from China? Wow! But they wouldn't come from China if I bought them at other stores??? Not sure I understand...
As for wages and benefits; how many other small and large companies offer minimum wage or slightly above and little to no benefits for entry level jobs? Why single out Walmart? They have better opportunities for advancement then most.
Like any corporation, making money is their goal and they are good at it.

Anonymous said...

This is a China Ocean Shipping CO. (COSTCO) article. This might be a cross post. But this is a big box store article like Walmart who stocks mainly Chinese garbage.

http://www.trendwatching.com/trends/OBC.htm

A while back, a single LA pier had been sold to COSTCO. It is now Chinese territory. They also own miles and miles of land in Southern CAL for their arms factories. (Norinco? name not sure of) This is also Chinese territory. (confirmed by a Customs Agent) An island in the Pacific was also sold and houses one of the most advanced satellite tracking facilities, and its Chinese territory. All thanks to Bill Clinton. Won't go into detail about the nuke technology that went over there.

Daniel said...

Back from vacation!

Ok, first off, anyone who owns a foreign car should not post on this topic if they want to complain about Wal-Mart.

Second, Wal-Mart does not pay minimum wage.

Third, on Wal-Mart's website they list the country of origin for all the items they sell plain as day. And VR, a lot of Tetra products are made in the USA! As are the Remmington firearms sold at Wal-Mart.

Lew Scannon said...

Oooh! Two things made in America, makes me want to just buy an American flag made in China to wrap around myself while I stroll down the aisles of price busting products surrounded by part-timers who will be asked to work a couple of hours off the clock a week so the management can cut labor costs while pledging undying support for, not God, not America, but some dead guy who devised a scheme to exploit the masses looking for more useless crap as they drive local businesses out of business. Viva Capitalism! So help me Sam!

Daniel said...

Lew Scannon simply doesn't like capitalism.

Maybe Lew just doesn't like poor people and thinks we should all shop at Bridgeport Village.

And the American flag hanging outside my house is made in America.