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To: Alex MG who wrote (39029)	2/13/2013 2:21:53 PM
From: i-node	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

>> if the Walton billionaires paid their employees more they wouldn't qualify for food stamps... why should a person working a 40 hr work week have to be subsidized by tax payers?... as a tax-payer do you enjoy subsidizing the Walmart billionaires? or maybe you are also on the government teat This, of course, is BS. They pay an average of $12.50/hour for people who are totally unskilled. Totally unskilled. Plus benefits, which are substantial (insurance is $17/month. I pay $1200/month for mine). It is kind of dumb to think they're going to pay higher than market rates for the least skilled people in the country.

To: Alex MG who wrote (39029)	2/13/2013 2:24:15 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	3 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

if the Walton billionaires paid their employees more they wouldn't qualify for food stamps... why should a person working a 40 hr work week have to be subsidized by tax payers? you are focusing on the wrong thing. If the work that the walmart employees is doing is worth more, then then would get more. If they could get more money from someone else, then they would. Walmart is paying these people more than anyone else would. So how can Walmart be the bad guy in this equation? If you want to be a do-gooder, be a do-gooder with your own money. Start hiring Walmart workers at double the wage they are getting now until you don't have any more money. Put your money where your mouth is.

To: Alex MG who wrote (39029)	2/13/2013 2:27:55 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 85487

"republican/CONservatives love to vote against their own best interests" They vote for their future interests... "This will be the year; I know it." “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” ? John Steinbeck They bought in to American exceptionalism without reading the fine print. The most comprehensive comparative study, done last year by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, found that “upward mobility from the bottom” — Daniels’s definition — was significantly lower in the United States than in most major European countries, including Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark. Another study, by the Institute for the Study of Labor in Germany in 2006, uses other metrics and concludes that “the U.S. appears to be exceptional in having less rather than more upward mobility.” articles.washingtonpost.com