The committid socialist will never admit freedom and free markets are better than govt. controlling everything.
People mostly want to pay the lowest price for comparable items. As long as Walmart offers that, and people willingly work there, they're good to go, regardless of how much harping there is by statists.
Well now that just can't be the case. I mean that would make him a hypocrite, so I'm sure that's not the case. I'm sure he pays for the very best healthcare his money can buy for his employees. Why, I'm betting he even grabs one or two people off a street corner and gives them a living wage and healthcare just out of a sense of fairness every so often. I don't think mid would stoop to doing devious hiring practices like using sub contractors to avoid paying the taxes associated with employees. Nah, you must be mistaken. Mid only works to supply low income folks with jobs at a living wage.
Jesus effing Christ... We've been over this a number of times. If I could provide health insurance and remain competitive, I would. It should be required of ALL employers, and I'd employ the same number of employees. This isn't rocket science. Wally World is in the same boat. They should be required to pay higher wages and decrease their part time employee % and so should everyone else.
Nice blasphemy. Go up to Muslim and say effing Muhammad. I was taking an educated guess that you didn't walk your walk. Educated only in so much as almost all liberals talk their talk but rarely walk their walk. And of course, they all have valid reasons for not walking their walk. Lets break yours down, shall we? You demand everyone get healthcare and chide Walmart for low wages and us subsidizing their employees. You don't pay your employees health benefits because you have to remain competitive. You could always take more out of your share of the pie, pay those health benefits and still remain competitive. It would just lower your share of the pie. But you want the government to mandate health benefits, thereby giving your employees health benefits and allowing you to raise your prices, along with all other lawyers, and still remain competitive AND get to keep your share of the pie. So for all of your talk of feigned concern for people, you're really just a materialistic as walmarts share holders and board. Imagine that.
And if everyone played by the same rules, I wouldn't have to do what I do and prices for healthcare would be a whole lot cheaper. Also, I'm a small employer and don't have enough folks to even qualify for group rates, so my cost vs. Wallyworld's cost is way different. I'm a businessman just like anyone else. I pay as little as I can possibly get away with. Am I in favor of the government coming in and telling me and all of my competition to pay more? Sure. That'd be fair. I'm just glad I don't have to compete globally for workers where in just about every other country in the world, the government subsidizes healthcare, so that's one less thing businesses have to worry about.
Wal-Mart doesn't decide what's fair. Wal-Mart pays market rates. I'm sure you pay above market rates for your employees since you're such a nice guy.
so does every other business but you want the gov to level the field...really? wow. I'm thinking the gov ought to tell you and every business they need to provide health insurance. Like LLL said, as long as it doesn't eat into YOUR share of the pie you're good~ I want your taxes to go up to give me a raise that I haven't had for 4 yrs but all my costs have gone up (me being a teacher I get paid by taxes)...sound good?
I don't know why you can't comprehend what Mid is saying... The government has set the bar low...all it takes is one competitor to go for the lowest cost and it forces everyone else that wants to stay competitive to meet those same low cost goals... If/when the bar is raised and everyone is forced to supply health care to employees then it would be viable for Mid to supply heathcare to his employees and still remain competitive...
Yes, I also feel like Mid is being unfairly targeted. IMHO, he's saying, much like Stoops says when the BCS works out in OU's favor instead of Texas' or somebody else's, tell us what the rules are at the beginning of the football season and we'll play by them.
He's saying it's government's role and right to have ever increasing regulations and impediments to the private sector, and not govt's responsibility to cut back on entitlements and social spending.
That is not what he is saying... He believes that if you want everyone to have healthcare then the rules need to put in place to even the cost to all business... If you don't require it then fine I will meet the competition...if it is required then fine I will meet the requirement... He is in the camp (along with myself) that to get costs under control then all of the population must have a minimal, catastrophic healthcare policy...
Even before Wal Mart retail workers didn't make squat. It's a low skill job that has always been occupied primarily by part time and second income workers.
yup...I started at Baskin Robbins in 9th grade, $1.80 an hour, min was $2.75 I think. I actually closed the store, counted the drawer, etc. Amazing a store owner would allow a HS kid to do that, but that is what it was.
I do know that in the late 70's I managed a grocery store and my non union checker/stockers were making seven bucks an hour...minimum wage was two fifty...when I left go go into manufacturing I took a cut in pay...
