Charles Platt goes undercover at Wal-Mart….and he finds out that it ain’t that bad.
This is only one man’s testimony, and I’m sure there are others out there with solid contrary experiences, but it’s still interesting and a bit different from the anti-Wal-Mart rhetoric being tossed about. I don’t know much about Wal-Mart, but I do know they have low prices, and that helps the many families out there struggling to make ends meet.
What do you think?
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Fully agree, people can call Wal-Mart whatever they want, but the fact is that, at least for myself, Christmas would have been a lot different without them.
You have to wonder how many people who hate it, would hate it if they had invested in it ten years ago.
Some people love to demonize Wal-Mart for allegedly underpaying their employees and not providing enough benefits, among other things. I’m not saying Wal-Mart is perfect or beyond criticism by any means. I just find that the bashers display the typical covetous attitude of those who think God is doing a lousy job of distributing wealth and that He needs their help to fix the problem. And they usually appear to have a disdain for those who shop at Wal-Mart.
Here’s what I always tell the bashers (it shuts them up in a hurry): Start up a business near a Wal-Mart and pay slightly higher wages and benefits. It will be a triple win: Your business will be successful because you hired some the best and brightest Wal-Mart employees, their standard of living will increase and you’ll be sticking it to your enemy. It is called capitalism. It has some hard edges at times, but it has done more to reduce poverty and increase standards of living than any other “-ism” every invented.
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