03-05-2011, 06:47 PM
macphanatic wrote:
[quote=goosegunner]
[quote=Rolando]
[quote=pRICE cUBE]
I've said it before. SAm WAlton was a sonnavabitch, but he wanted and proudly sold goods "Made in USA"
After he died, his kids decided to increase profits and push manufacturing to china ; and lobby to eliminate the the only tax on the money they got the old fashioned way: they inherited it!
I remember going to one of the first Walmarts in our State. It was back in 1987 and there were stickers and signs everywhere that said made in the USA. They spent a lot of time and money making sure the customer knew that.
You would probably be hard pressed to find something made in the USA in a Walmart now.
We Americans need to share some of the blame. People want as much stuff as they can get and as cheap as they can get it....
gg
And how many of the employees were made in the USA? I don't mean to imply that immigrants shouldn't get work. Point is that, in most areas a non-management job at W-mart will get you just above poverty level.
The greeter should have his own Leer jet.
A high per centage of the groceries are Made in USA, as are the flora ( some are aired in from south america and amsterdam), pharmaceuticals , greeting cards, books, AMMO ( :-) ), some of the plastic items like garbage cans, pre-recorded compact discs, etc. Made in USA supposedly still comprises 40% of Walmart sales.
They still suck, though.