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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:16 AM Original message |
CEO says Wal-Mart needs low-cost imports |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. How can their competitors source more efficiently and more effectively? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Context. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. And China-Mart is doing their best to keep those Americans dirt poor. (nt) |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. MAL-WART needs to be SHUT DOWN! (n/t) |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. And if they'd use more American-made goods, More Americans could get good paying jobs and be able to |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. But until someone helps those who CAN'T work |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well because of their politics the US dollar has diminished and that means |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. I replied to that article |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. Translation: |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Amen, my brother! |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. nice statement... |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Reminds me of the old lawyer's gag... |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. How about rage and fear? |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. No. The biz model is to convince people that they have to buy tons of crap. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. Oddly enough, that was EXACTLY the reply I got from Trader Joes corporate... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I too am saddened to see trader Joe's doing this. I do believe that trader joes |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. I love the concept that there is emerging economic nationalism. wakeup america! |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wasn't Sam Walton himself very much an 'economic nationalist' with |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Sam's greedy billionaire brood decided to go against the old man's philosophy |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, of course, they do. How else would he make billions each year |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. Mall-Wart: For all your cheap and hazardous made-in-China junk. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Mao-Mart - Always Low Wages! |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. What a crock..Allt hey are interested in is greater profit..not providing any sort of "service" to |
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Bluestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Lee Scott attended the same college as I did |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. no, not economic nationalism! it's what the people of the world want (but not the corpos)... |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. "and our goal is to have 90% of the population with no checking account!" |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's not us fucking over America... it's our business model.... |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. The consumers who cannot afford to spend more... |
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harpboy_ak (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
28. Our new MalWart can't find enough employees |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
29. awww, isn't that sweet? he really REALLY cares about the poor |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
30. ...in order to keep sending billions back to Bentonville. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
31. If it walks like Scrooge McDuck and talks like Scrooge McDuck... |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
32. What competitors? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
34. The way this whole "free trade"... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
35. They could start with their own employees |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
36. WalMart needs a large combination of firebombs & bulldozers. |
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