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Originally Posted by baddog
If a Wlmart comes in and hires 100 people and it results in 2 or 3 mom and pop places with a combined payroll of 15, then they have created 85 new jobs by my math..
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If you can show me an example of where a Wal-Mart store came to a community and the result of that was a net plus of 85 jobs, then I'll agree with you.
Otherwise you're just making up a hypothetical that doesn't ever happen.
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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
Wallmart selling a shirt for 4.00 vs mom and pops 15.00 doesn't mean it requires a different number of people to sell the shirt. that's quite a gap in logic... that "cheaper products" require "fewer employees"
i can understand what you are saying and understand the general arguments... however, we are supposed to be living in the USA, not Communist North Korea. People vote by the millions everyday on this issue. They vote with their wallets and their hard earned money.
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Actually one of the reasons Wal-Mart can sell a shirt for $4 is because they keep labor costs low. Both in terms of cost per hour worked, and hours worked per dollar of goods sold, so there is no gap in my logic.
I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I'm just saying that retailers don't "create jobs".
Also, chill the fuck out. Who the fuck said anything about America vs communist north korea?
I said that
Wal-Mart is good for the overall economy several times in this thread. The only problem I have with them is getting tax breaks to bring a store into town and the politicians using the "they're bringing jobs here" argument, because that's bullshit.
They should pay the same taxes as every other retail business in town.
