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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:51 AM Original message |
Why Wal-Mart is good |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. As A Clevelander, I have mixed feelings about this |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Union Labor means a LOT |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. If Walmart paid their workers based on what they deserve |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. But in a major metropolitan area.... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Exactly. One of the claims in the propoganda packet that was handed out |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. I live right by Steelyard Commons. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Five minutes, by highway..... |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Good post. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Well, it's just that the stuff I can easily get in the burbs... |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. DAMN! |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I don't remember... |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. uh wow |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. It doesn't matter |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. my point exactly |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. is $155 a month really too expensive? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. We pay about 125.00 a month and have a 500 deductable... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. with your employer, or on your own? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. We pay that and the employer pays the rest...... |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. let's see...If I were a single mom |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. As someone who has considered going into business |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Because they're too busy approving Bush's SCOTUS choices |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Insurance industry donates to a lot to them as well. |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. I would be more inclined to believe this |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The report is misleading... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Dupe |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Fucking Maclean's wrote this? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. When I have time I'm reading this |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Before you do, please look at what I wrote.... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. God bless you HEyHEY! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Well, this guy is supporting |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Not really. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yeah, but |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I agree. |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. That's dumb shit. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It's being handed out to their employees. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. YEa, but the stuff about Cleveland.... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Well that's another issue, isn't it? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Cleveland is rife with it.... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yes but it's the city councils that allow this crap. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. It was the mayor in our city who was bending over backwards. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Oh sorry |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I really have mixed feelings about Walmart |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I hear you |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I'm happy we're giving them a hard time over here. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. They'll probably just try to get out from under the law |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Yeah, but in Québec |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Ah yes that's right. |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That we do. |
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Graf Orlok (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. . |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. Actually, the article makes a lot of good points |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Thanks |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Yes |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Wal-Mart revolution"? |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
54. My Queen, they have forsaken thy rules... |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. Another reason it is good: Wal-Mart protects us from sedition |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
56. Oy |
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