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To: tejek who wrote (719511)	6/5/2013 3:36:40 PM
From: Bonefish	2 Recommendations Recommended By i-node Tenchusatsu Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579676

Why do you care about WalMart employees? Are you mad they actually have a job while you live of the government?

To: tejek who wrote (719511)	6/5/2013 5:17:20 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579676

>> Walmart's Cheap Labor Is Costing It a Fortune How stupid. Assuming 1,000,000 Walmart employees making $9.00/hour that's close to $20 Billion/year in wages; if they gave them all a 20% raise that would amount to, obviously, some $4 Billion/year. Walmart, being one of the best managed companies in the country, would gladly pay that $4 Billion/year if it would result in $4B/year in savings. But $100M in fines and/or penalties clearly wouldn't be enough to do it. A local water company I've worked with charged Walmart $20K for paying a bill late. After the CEO of the water company called and complained directly to the CEO of Walmart, he received a check for $20K by Fedex the next day. Cost of doing business. Shit happens. I'm sure no one was fired over it, and they sure as hell wouldn't give anyone a raise because of it. Do you think giving dumbassed school administrators a raise would have prevented this? http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/06/three-year-old-deaf-boy-told-to-change-his-name-school-says-his-sign-looks-too-much-like-a-gun-video/