WalMart closes five store for "plumbing" problem

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by speeder

It is sure looking that way. The USA, for a long time, had a situation where almost anyone could make a decent wage and get by in relation to the cost of living where they lived. There was a demand and plenty of customers for whatever you were selling or doing as a trade.

There have been so many changes, from the nature of farming and manufacturing in this country to the cost of housing and education, that have shifted the distribution of wealth to fewer and fewer people at the top. I suppose you could say that Walmart is just a symptom of this decline in what used to be such a great standard of living but they are major players in this mercenary capitalism.

You don't read any of the stuff Tabs posts, do you.


I have less problems with how Walmart handles their business than I have with how the Federal and California governments handle theirs.

[legion]

All regulations do is take power from businesses, which can fail and go away, and give it to governments, which barring an armed revolution, we are stuck with and only exist to accumulate more power.

The word "regulate" is a case study in this. The Constitution grants the federal government the ability to "regulate interstate commerce". When the Constitution was written, the word "regulate" was a synonym for "facilitate", and the commerce clause was understood to mean that it gave the federal government the ability to break down barriers in trade between the states--by striking down laws that raised tariffs on or effectively banned the importation of goods from other states. Through 200+ years of government loosening the rules that were meant to constrain it, the courts have changed the word "regulate" to instead mean "control", and "interstate commerce" now means "all commerce". So a phrase that once meant that the federal government could break down barriers in commerce between the states now means it has the ability to control all commerce.

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by legion

When the Constitution was written, the word "regulate" was a synonym for "facilitate"

Citation needed

[masraum]

Plumbing, hah!

Texans blame secret military takeover for Walmart closings, secret tunnels - Houston Chronicle

heheh, I love nutters. They are almost always entertaining.

[gorthar]

Originally Posted by masraum

Plumbing, hah!

Texans blame secret military takeover for Walmart closings, secret tunnels - Houston Chronicle

heheh, I love nutters. They are almost always entertaining.

Sounds straight outta Coast to Coast AM lol.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Rusty914s

The only positive aspect that I see is that government was already contributing towards those employees through welfare, so instead of the taxpayer paying half of the employees salary, now they get to pay a tad more.

Walmart, where dreams go to die.

Maybe YOU should step up and pay them a wage that you see as fair.
All 2 million of them. go ahead. do the right thing. But you might want to get yourself a job first.

[Gogar]

It's true! It's true!

Walmart Closings, Jade Helm And The China Connection- Are Some Walmarts Being Refitted Into "Processing" Centers For Americans?

Good thing when the SHTF I can hide under the Denver Airport!

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by Gogar

It's true! It's true!

Walmart Closings, Jade Helm And The China Connection- Are Some Walmarts Being Refitted Into "Processing" Centers For Americans?

Good thing when the SHTF I can hide under the Denver Airport!

Don't you have to know the super secret Masonic handshake to get past the bouncers there?