Wal Mart CEO calls for increase in minimum wage.

[Anarchist420]

http://mises.org/daily/1950/WalMart-Warms-to-the-State

WTF do you think about this situation?

 

[Texashiker]

The higher the minimum wage, the more difficult it is for small businesses to compete against wal-mart.

Holy time warp batman, my reply jumped ahead of the OP.

Closed because the OP (post #2) has realized that he's making a thread about ancient news that he couldn't be bothered to read before thinking it was a current event. -DrPizza

 

[Capt Caveman]

WTF is wrong with you?

Mises Daily: Friday, October 28, 2005 by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

You would have thought when you read this that it was old:

Ted Kennedy wouldn't go so far as to praise the company, but he did say that "If the CEO of Walmart can call for an increase in the minimum wage, the Republicans should follow suit on behalf of the millions of working men and women living in poverty."

 

[xBiffx]

They don't pay minimum for most jobs anyways so its all smoke and mirrors.

 

[Genx87]

http://mises.org/daily/1950/WalMart-Warms-to-the-State

WTF do you think about this situation?

Walmart asking for a min wage increase? I'd say a ploy to drive smaller competitors out of business by saddling them with higher costs while looking like they care about the worker.

 

[Anarchist420]

WTF is wrong with you?

Mises Daily: Friday, October 28, 2005 by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

You would have thought when you read this that it was old:

I didn't really read it.

Mods should close this thread.

 

[Craig234]

Sometimes people support something good for reasons that aren't so good.

Wal-Mart pays more than the minimum wage, so this would hurt their competition.

 

[EagleKeeper]

http://mises.org/daily/1950/WalMart-Warms-to-the-State

WTF do you think about this situation?

digging up articles from 7 years ago to troll with.

How much lower are you going to sink? :\

 

[QuantumPion]

Sometimes people support something good for reasons that aren't so good.

hey hey...welcome to EVERY SINGLE THING THE GOVERNMENT DOES THAT INTERFERES WITH THE MARKET. Does this mean you are a repbublican now? :biggrin:

 

[Craig234]

hey hey...welcome to EVERY SINGLE THING THE GOVERNMENT DOES THAT INTERFERES WITH THE MARKET. Does this mean you are a repbublican now? :biggrin:

You have it backwards. When the goverment isn't corrupted by your side (i.e., when run by progressives rather than Republicans) it is 'trying to do something good for people'.

So Wal-Mart might do 'the right thing for the wrong reasons', while the government might 'do the wrong thing for the right reasons'.

Of course your side generally does the wrong thing for the wrong reasons.

 

[werepossum]

WTF is wrong with you?

Mises Daily: Friday, October 28, 2005 by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

You would have thought when you read this that it was old:

Maybe they meant Zombie Ted Kennedy. Did they mention anything falling off the dude when he said it?

 

[QuantumPion]

You have it backwards. When the goverment isn't corrupted by your side (i.e., when run by progressives rather than Republicans) it is 'trying to do something good for people'.

So Wal-Mart might do 'the right thing for the wrong reasons', while the government might 'do the wrong thing for the right reasons'.

Of course your side generally does the wrong thing for the wrong reasons.

What kind of upside down world do you live in where republicans are progressives and democrats are against government intervention in the market? D:

 

[Anarchist420]

What kind of upside down world do you live in where republicans are progressives and democrats are against government intervention in the market? D:

Actually, Carter (a Democrat) was less anti-market than Reagan (a Republican) and Clinton (a Democrat) was less anti-market than George W Bush (Republican).

Also, don't forget that the Republicans support Keystone XL which is produced by a company using eminent domain while the Democratic President doesn't. In addition to that, don't forget that the first progressive corporatist was TJR, who was a Republican before he left it. TJR is also held in high esteem by many (if not most) Republicans today.

The Democrats have almost always hated the market less than the Republicans have. No Republican nominee was even 95% pro-market. The best you got was Harding at 90%. Coolidge would be next best at 75%. Coolidge gave us the predecessor to the FCC. All the rest (except Goldwater who would be a 70%) were less than 50% pro-market.

Craig belongs in the Republican Party even more than he belongs in the Democratic Party since he hates the market so much.

 

[amish]

did you know that 82.3% of all percentages quoted on the internet are fake?

 

[Infohawk]

I didn't really read it.

Mods should close this thread.

You didn't read your own article? Yeah maybe they should also give you a vacation?