Walmart Strike Spreads to Texas as Organizers Promise Massive Black Friday Protest

[songfourone]

I have never, repeat never, shopped on Black Friday, it never seemed worth the trouble, packed parking lots, crowded stores.
I do however plan to shop on Shop Small Business Saturday

[BlandFood]

BF, not to many years ago I would get up for the 5 a.m. sales. One year I got up for a Walmart deal. One of my sons wanted a bike and I thought it was worth my time to get one on sale for $25.00. He was happy and I loved the price.

I am a deal and coupon shopper. I try NOT to pay full price for anything.

Nor do I by hook or crook.....auctions have done me VERY well and they're fun. I hate shopping period outside of grocery or gun shows. These people that "camp" for days in front of a store...... are they crazy? What are they saving 50 - 200 dollars? It just isn't worth it to me, besides I drink a pot of coffee plus a day so I just GOTTA go.

[Jeebus]

I drove past a Walmart last night around 830PM and the parking lot, which on any normal day is always 50% empty, was completely full. The stoplight at the Walmart exit was bumper-to-bumper with cars leaving the lot, and just as many entering. They were parked at the stores next door, at the restaurants across the streets, and at the grocery store and were walking back to the Walmart, I've never seen so many pedestrians parading down the road back to the Walmart.

In other words - colossal left-wing anti-capitalist protest failure, to the max.

[downhome]

As a taxpayer, are you OK with these underpaid workers requiring food stamps to get by?

I see it as simply a way for WalMart to transfer part of the cost of employing people to the feds, er, taxpayers.

Why should we subsidize any company's employment scheme?

This is exactly what's happening. It's too bad WalMart is not alone in this practice.

Here's an interesting quote from Robert Reich with regard to the trade off for consumers to ensure their neighbors are treated with a little dignity:

But if retail workers got a raise, would consumers have to pay higher prices to make up for it? A new study by the think tank Demos reports that raising the salary of all full-time workers at large retailers to $25,000 per year would lift more than 700,000 people out of poverty, at a cost of only a 1 percent price increase for customers.

(there's a link to the study in the article)

[Halberstam]

We're subsidizing consumption. Which is a fairly pro-business position.

How's that?

[Halberstam]

I drove past a Walmart last night around 830PM and the parking lot, which on any normal day is always 50% empty, was completely full. The stoplight at the Walmart exit was bumper-to-bumper with cars leaving the lot, and just as many entering. They were parked at the stores next door, at the restaurants across the streets, and at the grocery store and were walking back to the Walmart, I've never seen so many pedestrians parading down the road back to the Walmart.

In other words - colossal left-wing anti-capitalist protest failure, to the max.

This so-called protest is about union moochers getting their fangs into the paychecks of the workers under the guise of helping them. The only things the union helps any worker do is 1.) get less take-home pay and 2.) get fired, ala Hostess.

[ivanbalt]

How's that?

Unemployment and low wages would normally keep consumption down. Government benefits help make up the difference and keep people consuming.

[Halberstam]

This is exactly what's happening. It's too bad WalMart is not alone in this practice.

Here's an interesting quote from Robert Reich with regard to the trade off for consumers to ensure their neighbors are treated with a little dignity:

(there's a link to the study in the article)

Here's a better idea: repeal the 16th amendment so the workers can keep 100% of their paychecks.

[Halberstam]

Unemployment and low wages would normally keep consumption down. Government benefits help make up the difference and keep people consuming.

Consumption is down because of the attacks on the private sector by the democrats. Examples include the ban on offshore oil drilling, EPA interference with business, the taxes and compliance costs of Obamacare, etc.

Food stamp usage is high because the federal government has deliberately expanded the program while attacking private business.

From the link

This Department of Agriculture pamphlet suggests "5 Fresh Ideas" on how to get people to sign up for food stamps. In this instance, they are targeting seniors: Throw a Great Party. Host social events where people mix and mingle. Make it fun by having activities, games, food, and entertainment, and provide information about SNAP. Putting SNAP information in a game format like BINGO, crossword puzzles, or even a "true/false" quiz is fun and helps get your message across in a memorable way. (H/T: Weasel Zippers) Recall that the federal government is also spending millions on advertising spots and PSA's to beat the bushes for dependents. It seems immoral to advocate for dependency on government. But that is the state of government in the early 2000's and will probably continue regardless of who is president..... (Read Full Article)


Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...#ixzz2D4CiIabD

[zenwalk]

Consumption is down because of the attacks on the private sector by the democrats. Examples include the ban on offshore oil drilling, EPA interference with business, the taxes and compliance costs of Obamacare, etc.

Food stamp usage is high because the federal government has deliberately expanded the program while attacking private business.

From the link

If that's your criteria for prosperity, Haiti should be the most prosperous country in the hemisphere.

[Halberstam]

Target is ............. another place to get your cheap communist made crap!

Target boycotted for donating $150000 to MN right-wing Republican ...

"Target should stay out of politics, like I am gonna stay out of your store if you don't," Facebook user Erlene Adair Harvey wrote on Target's fan page.
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010...-corp-donation

I don't think the boycott would work since Target does not take food stamps.

[Halberstam]

Elections have consequences. Just another offshoot of electing that socialist pig in the white house. Who says the workers are underpaid? The workers? You don't like the wages at Wal-mart work somewhere else. If I were Wal-Mart I'd fire ever worker who picketed the store - permanently fired!

Amen to that! I'm sure Wal-Mart has surveillance cameras to ID these moochers. They should be fired for trying to interfere with the business.

[dsummoner]

Gibbering, tittering, frothing and raging unionistas of so-called 'labor' can only squeal in dismay as Walmart reports record Black Friday sales.

Despite union efforts to target retailers like Walmart, businesses are reporting record Black Friday traffic – the biggest sign yet that the unions are out of touch with the American people. Starting at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, Walmart put its products on Black Friday sale, sparking a run to the stores and earning the stores record sales.

They’ve already sold nearly 2 million towels, 1.3 million televisions, and 250,000 bicycles. According to Walmart Chief Executive Bill Simon, over 1.3 million Walmart staffers are on duty. There have been picket lines around the country, but the movement has been far less effective than expected.

[kudzu]

[QUOTE=gonzoliberal;8202974]As a taxpayer, are you OK with these underpaid workers requiring food stamps to get by?

Holy crap, you sound like my ex. Please tell me that you're not her.

Why should we subsidize any company's employment scheme?

We shouldn't.

Next question... ?

Oh, perhaps you meant "why should our government compete against the Chinese when it comes to uneducated, monkey labor". ?