http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/15/1336804/-Ending-The-Walmart-Scam?detail=email
Right now, income inequality is the highest it’s been in our society since 1928. A lucky few in America make billions, while millions of others struggle just to get by. Nowhere is this gap more apparent than in the 4,100 plus Walmart stores across the country. Rob Walton and his family have amassed an empire of riches, and they built it on the backs of the working poor. The consequences of such skewed earning potential – where the family on top is worth $150 billion while their employees earn less than $25,000 per year – are significant and unsustainable.
As the nation’s largest employer, with $15 billion in profits annually, Walmart can afford to pay their employees a livable wage. Instead, they choose to manipulate schedules and hours to pay the majority of their workers abysmal wages. Sandra Sok, who works in Phoenix Walmart Store #5331 is a perfect example. After eight years of service to the company, she still struggles for enough work and income to make ends meet. She pleads with management every week for additional shifts because the 30 hours she is usually scheduled for simply aren’t enough. Sandra’s done her part to help Walmart succeed – she deserves more than poverty pay in return.
Many workers like Sandra are forced to rely on food stamps, health care assistance and other taxpayer-funded programs to get by. So while the Walton family alone has as much wealth as 43% of American families combined, the American people still have to pick up the tab for the Walton’s appalling business practices. And it’s not cheap: Walmart is estimated to cost the taxpayers $6.2 billion annually through public assistance costs, with expenses ranging between $3,015 and $5,815 per worker. All the while, Walmart and the Waltons are taking $8 billion a year in tax breaks that subsidize their low-wage business – and add to their profits. It is estimated that the family has avoided paying $3 billion in taxes by using special trusts to dodge estate taxes.
amid all the billions there has always been a equalizer problem is it would take all of us. Americans are for the most part suckers for what looks good and is shiny and moves in front of them, most of us me too at times look out for our pockets which is natural self preservation. you often hear news personalities and pundit saying about how American greatest is how we come together during tragedy, not as representative of all of us as they make it sound there are always much more who don't participate or limit it to a wink and a nod.
don't you find it shameful how the political world and republicans keep repeating how great this country is well they are right it is great for the republican party but not it's voter base or the larger half of the country, half truths don't make a total reality. some go to Walmart for cheap okay all go for that some can afford the higher price elsewhere some can't, some don't have cars to get around to find those places or computers to surf the net for them. but those of us who can should the number alone is enough to shake up the scrooges of that family. driven by more money makes any money not gotten a sore point enough sores and they will seek remedies such as humaneness but that requires a more Christian ideology which they obviously ignore if they did they would know
http://biblehub.com/mark/10-25.htm
how many of their Christian patrons know and still shop their or online, like I said it will take all of us, if this kind of treatment is left to fester within our working class those 3rd world pictures with children with flies on their faces might be us asking them for help. know that somewhere out of sight are the rich abusers in palaces living to good life.
