tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post1600972971418979686..comments2023-10-11T10:57:26.122-04:00Comments on Gil The Jenius: Low-Wage Corporate Welfare Must DieGCSchmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-66495340881942848392013-11-18T12:06:17.203-04:002013-11-18T12:06:17.203-04:00Thanks!
I don't mind if people shop around to...Thanks!<br /><br />I don't mind if people shop around to save money. I do mind the automatic assumption that Wal-mart is good for Us because it's cheap. So is crack.<br /><br />Every employee in these stores and companies that is earning less than a living wage so We can buy "5 for a dollar" is costing Us money in taxes, government services and unrealized potential. As I wrote in an e-mail just before replying here: <br /><br />"The biggest economic boost in world history happened when a father could work one job, raise a family, buy a house, a car, and afford new things ever so often, and still have something left over for emergencies. Can ANY family of four do that now with just one average job? Can any couple do so, even without kids? Real wages have DROPPED since 1975, while corporate profits have nearly tripled, yet their taxation has been slashed almost 94%. There's your problem right there."<br /><br />Yes, I want to save money, but the truth is, I'm not. Nor is your ex or anyone else who continues to think that "everyday low prices" at the expense of Our people is a good idea. We pay for it in the end. We have for decades, propping up companies that make more PROFIT in under one minute than you make all year.<br /><br />Legislate a living wage so We can all benefit. And if fat-ass billionaires can't hack it, they can just shut down their companies and live off their substantial savings. Someone else will step up to fill the fetid gaps they leave behind. <br />GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-28929800661066371422013-11-18T11:05:52.392-04:002013-11-18T11:05:52.392-04:00Hi Gil, loving your initiative.
This case I was di...Hi Gil, loving your initiative.<br />This case I was discussing with my ex yesterday.<br />My way of seeing it is avoiding the use of large retail chains such as the ones above and use local business whenever is possible. I try to teach my son the same.<br />I'd really start to see the independence movement seriously when large retail chains such as cheescake factory or krispy kreme start going out of business because El Meson, Panaderia Gloria or other local retailer has all the clients.<br />However, the local has to provide the service or the quality to justify the jump. If you sell junk I am not going to buy it, either local or foreign.<br />Ironically the conversation with the ex finished when she left to buy some groceries at Wal Mart instead of either the gas station or the dominican market next door.<br />I guess she has the pro statehood etched on her brain like the old atm machines that had screen burns for lack of a screen saver.Beatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061547910120363116noreply@blogger.com