Wal-Mart: Down and Out in Discount America
For those of you who have read this article or who might be interested:
I was very intrigued by the vicious cycle between paying the employees below a living wage, forcing them to rely on government aid just to survive, and therefore only being able to buy products at WAL-MART because of being paid so little. Also, one of the reasons prices are so cheap at Wal-Mart is because the employees aren't being paid enough. Hmmm... Lastly, the article mentioned how Wal-Mart typically supports the right-wing politicians, and it is the Republicans who want to do away with welfare--- which, by the way, is what Wal-Mart depends on in order to help support their employees.
Liz
Comments
yea I agree that that's somewhat backwards. I think that Wal-Mart probably doesn't care whether or not there's welfare though... it's pretty sick.
Posted by: Elizabeth Peterson | September 26, 2006 08:47 AM
I think that the number of employees of Wal-Mart is incomparable to the total number of customers that profit from the low prices therefore, there is no vicious circle. The target market of Wal-Mart are millions of people with low wages, not their own employees.
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