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Originally posted by bluefish81
It (Wal-Mart) doesn't pay their workers a 'liveable' wage forcing two things. One, the only place they can afford to shop is Wal-Mart. Two, they ENCOURAGE their workers to file for welfare and other forms of goverment aid. So while your saving the big bucks by shopping there, in the long run, you're paying for it because you're supporting the workers that work there because they're on government aid.
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...or I'm paying for the wages of about half of MTSU that seems to work at one of our two WalMarts.
You've made a pretty sweeping generalization. I know many people that work at Wal Mart that are not on government aid, get their overtime pay, get their breaks, and are generally happy, well contributing members of society. I have a good friend that supported his wife and child on the wages he earned at Wal-mart, and yet another that is a single mother supporting her child without government aid on the wages she earns - you guessed it - working at Wal Mart.
However, if all those workers are on government aid, I'm supporting them even if I don't shop there with my taxes. Might as well get my stuff cheap.
I actually like Wal Mart. Granted, the stuff is cheaper and of lower quality than many other places, but in six months, I'm going to get tired of that fuzzy pink beaded pillow that I just had to have for my apt. Then I can buy another cheap pillow I like better. Besides, I couldn't afford the fuzzy pink pillow at Dillard's and would've felt guilty throwing it out when I got tired of it.
I went on a boycott spree for a while when I discovered things about different companies whose products I used, but then realized that soon I wouldn't be able to buy groceries if I kept it up.
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