The War Over Wal-Mart
I've long been amazed by the mindless hatred that liberals display for Wal-Mart. Currently on AOL, there is a piece discussing the attacks on the company -- and Wal-Mart's increasing efforts to respond to them (none too soon, I might add!).
But there's another site you should check out -- it's the blog for one of the indie films being made in Wal-Mart's defense (the company has asked that it be run side-by-side with the anti-Wal-Mart propaganda film being released -- hey, anyone can hope . . .). The name of the film is called "Why Wal-Mart Works," and the link to the filmmaker's blog is here. It's worth a look.
Oh, and here's the site Wal-Mart has established to try to set the record straight on some of the more egregious untruths being told about it -- at the moment, it's pointing out three substantive errors that are made in just three minutes of the anti-Wal-Mart film.
But there's another site you should check out -- it's the blog for one of the indie films being made in Wal-Mart's defense (the company has asked that it be run side-by-side with the anti-Wal-Mart propaganda film being released -- hey, anyone can hope . . .). The name of the film is called "Why Wal-Mart Works," and the link to the filmmaker's blog is here. It's worth a look.
Oh, and here's the site Wal-Mart has established to try to set the record straight on some of the more egregious untruths being told about it -- at the moment, it's pointing out three substantive errors that are made in just three minutes of the anti-Wal-Mart film.
posted by LadybugUSA at 8:39 PM
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I live within a stone's throw of "Wal-Mart Central" and I'm fairly aware of attacks and defenses of Wal-Mart and the abuses being perpetrated on both sides.
Here's an easy one from the Wal-Mart defense page you linked to:
"...the average wage for full-time hourly Wal-Mart associates..."
A good demonstration of using a true statement to twist an argument. The attack that statement was crafted to answer was, “No Wal-Mart in Chicago, they don’t pay a living wage, they can’t come to Chicago.” (Yes, I find problems with that statement, too, but for now I simply want to address the twisting of the argument in the Wal-Mart statement.)
The problems with the Wal-Mart statement are that 1.) Wal-Mart associates (at least in this area, in stores within 50-100 miles of bentonville, AR) can frequently find "full-time employee" status elusive. As much as the employee may desire full-time employment, if Wal-Mart management finds—and it does—that three (or four) part-time employees are less expensive than two full-time employees, then three (or four) part-time employees it is. More jobs! (Lower pay and benefits.) 2.) "Average wage" for _full time_ employees does indeed—at least within a stone's throw of Wal-Mart Central—mean a few making pretty good wages and most making minimum wages.
Still, people wouldn't continue to fill the jobs if the pay weren't worth their time and effort spent earning it. And the entitlement attitude of the attack this Wal-Mart defense was crafted to answer is fundamentally ooffensive to me.
I call foul on both sides in this particular instance.
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