A Liberal Video on Walmart and the Minimum Wage that Made Me Think

[KissMy]

Every item in this list in St. Louis is cheaper than it is at any St. Louis Wal-Mart.

SCHNUCKS
Prices Valid May 14-20
KC masterpiece BBQ Sauce 17-18oz 1.00
Sweet Corn each .25
Barilla Pasta 12-16oz 1.00
Chips Ahoy 9-14oz 1.77
Ken's Steak House Salad Dressing 16oz 1.29
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish 6-8oz 1.67
Pepperidge Farm Cookies 7-8.6oz 2.50
Teddy Grahams 10oz 2.50
General Mills Cereal Cocoa Puffs, Golden Grahms, Trix, Wheaties, Original Cheerios or Multi Grain Cheerios 8.9-12oz 1.88
Chicken of the Sea CHunk Light Tuna 5oz .69
Kool-Aid Jammers 10pks 6oz 1.88
Purex Detergent 71-100 loads 5.99

John's butcher shop
Ground Beef 90% Lean per lb 2.99 (sold 10lb bag)
Ground Beef 80% Lean per lb 1.99 (sold 10lb bag)
Whole Beef Brisket per lb 3.99

Save A Lot
Porterhouse Steaks per lb 4.59
T-Bone Steaks per lb 3.99
Whole Chicken per lb 0.69
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast per lb 1.69

Aldi
Prices Valid May 14-20
Ground Beef 80% Lean per lb 3.29
Lettuce each .59
Tomato on the vine 24oz .99
Sweet Cork 4pk .99
Pineapple each .99
Strawberries 1lb 1.19

Dierbergs
Prices Valid May 13-19
Sweet Baby Ray BBQ Sauce Marinades, Dipping Sauce 12-18oz 1.00
Borden Cheese Chunks, Shreds, Slices, Singles 5-12oz 2.00
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks 4.5-8oz 1.50
Sara Lee Honey Wheat Bread 20oz 1.99
Dean Tru Moo Chocolate Milk Gallon 3.69
Fresh Express Salad Blends 10-12oz .99
Farmland Bacon 12oz 3.59
Frito Lay Baked Lay's, Sunchips, Rold GOld Pretzels 6.25-16oz 1.79
Broccoli Crowns per lb .99
Bob Evans Regular Roll Prk Sausage 16oz 3.29
Nathans Jumbo Beef Franks 14oz 3.99
Pillsbury Cake Mix 15.25oz .99
Dole Squishems or Fruit Bowls 4ct 1.50
Hunts Snack Pack Pudding or Gels 4ct .88
Jolly TIme Microwave Popcorn 3ct .99
Hunts Manwhich 15-16oz .88
Hunts Tomato Sauce 8oz .40
Mr Dells Hashbrowns 24-30oz 1.97
Kellogs Fruit Loops, Corn POps Rice Krispies 8-9.2oz 1.79
Old Orchard Juice 64oz 1.67

Shop'n Save
Prices Valid May 14-20
T-Bone Steak per lb 5.99
Chicken Leg Quarters per lb .49 (sold 10lb bag)
Cucumbers each .68
Green Bell Peppers each .68
Ken's Salad Dressing 16oz 1.00
Jack PIzza 12 in 2.50
Prairie Farm Old Recipe Ice Cream 56 3.00
Hunts Snack Pack Pudding 4pk .88
Pepsi 2 liter 1.00
Powerade 32oz .69 LImit 12
Ragu Pasta Sauce 16-24oz 1.67
Barilla Pasta 12-16oz 1.00

WALGREENS May 18-24
Dasani Water 16.9oz 24pk 3.99
Oreo and Nabisco Cookies 9-15.5oz 2.50
Folgers Country Roast 34.5oz 5.99
Folgers Instant Coffee 8oz 4.99
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars 6pk 3.50
Hershey's Spreads Snacksters 1.8oz 1.50
7Up, A&W, Sunkist, Canada Dry, Hawaiian Punch 2 liter 1.00
V8 Juice Vegetable or Splash 64oz or V-Fusion 46oz 2.50
Target May 18-24
All detergent 172oz. 96 or 1114 load liquid detergent 11.49
Bush's 21-28oz baked beans 1.67
Johnsonville 12-14oz bratwurst 2.69
Tyson 2.25lb Bag Trimmed and Ready frozen Chicken Breast 6.99
Magnum Bars 3pk 3.00 COUPON ALERT
Lays Chips 9.5-10oz 2.00
Cheetos 8.5-0.5oz 2.00
Pepsi Products 12pk 12oz Cans 2.40

CVS Pharmacy May 18-24
Ragu Pasta Sauce 23.9-24oz 1.67
Cheetos 8-9.75oz 2.50
Rold Gold Pretzels 7-16oz 2.50
Kelloggs Frosted Flakes, Krave, Raisin Bran Crunch or Honey Smaks Cereal 11-18.2oz 2.50
Kelloggs Spcial K Cereael 11-19.6oz 2.50
Capri Sun 10pk 1.99

Kmart May 18-24
Pepsi 24pk Cans 4.99
Pepsi 2 liter 1.00
Gatorade 32oz .88
Del Monte Fruit Cups or Fruit Burst 4pk 2.50
Lucky Charms 11.5oz, Cheerios 14oz 2.50
Quaker Cereals 12.5-14oz 2.00

 

[HenryBHough]

If the Walton family closed the stores, took their money and left, would you lefties invite displace workers into your homes?

What, you're not really into redistribution????

 

[KissMy]

If the Walton family closed the stores, took their money and left, would you lefties invite displace workers into your homes?

What, you're not really into redistribution????

I am not into redistribution!

Redistribution is subsidies, tax breaks, loopholes, payroll taxes to offset income & corp tax breaks, forced supporting workers of companies other than my own through taxes, etc. I pay my workers & others should do the same.

 

[buckeye45_73]

Members of the family together control just over half of the company’s stock

Are you blind or something? That ^ is in the article I posted. Damn. A damn blind person can see what they can and can not afford so while idiots such as yourself continue to protect companies like wal mart and not making them pay a livable wage YOU and ME get to pay for the food stamps and medicaid and tanf these workers need. Enjoy. You are being used as a useful idiot and robot by the 1%.

quit bitching and don't shop there. Jesus, I love liberals and how they know everything, yet all their programs suck and they have to keep them forever......but refuse to discuss results.

 

[depotoo]

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Every item in this list in St. Louis is cheaper than it is at any St. Louis Wal-Mart.

SCHNUCKS
Prices Valid May 14-20
KC masterpiece BBQ Sauce 17-18oz 1.00
Sweet Corn each .25
Barilla Pasta 12-16oz 1.00
Chips Ahoy 9-14oz 1.77
Ken's Steak House Salad Dressing 16oz 1.29
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish 6-8oz 1.67
Pepperidge Farm Cookies 7-8.6oz 2.50
Teddy Grahams 10oz 2.50
General Mills Cereal Cocoa Puffs, Golden Grahms, Trix, Wheaties, Original Cheerios or Multi Grain Cheerios 8.9-12oz 1.88
Chicken of the Sea CHunk Light Tuna 5oz .69
Kool-Aid Jammers 10pks 6oz 1.88
Purex Detergent 71-100 loads 5.99

John's butcher shop
Ground Beef 90% Lean per lb 2.99 (sold 10lb bag)
Ground Beef 80% Lean per lb 1.99 (sold 10lb bag)
Whole Beef Brisket per lb 3.99

Save A Lot
Porterhouse Steaks per lb 4.59
T-Bone Steaks per lb 3.99
Whole Chicken per lb 0.69
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast per lb 1.69

Aldi
Prices Valid May 14-20
Ground Beef 80% Lean per lb 3.29
Lettuce each .59
Tomato on the vine 24oz .99
Sweet Cork 4pk .99
Pineapple each .99
Strawberries 1lb 1.19

Dierbergs
Prices Valid May 13-19
Sweet Baby Ray BBQ Sauce Marinades, Dipping Sauce 12-18oz 1.00
Borden Cheese Chunks, Shreds, Slices, Singles 5-12oz 2.00
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks 4.5-8oz 1.50
Sara Lee Honey Wheat Bread 20oz 1.99
Dean Tru Moo Chocolate Milk Gallon 3.69
Fresh Express Salad Blends 10-12oz .99
Farmland Bacon 12oz 3.59
Frito Lay Baked Lay's, Sunchips, Rold GOld Pretzels 6.25-16oz 1.79
Broccoli Crowns per lb .99
Bob Evans Regular Roll Prk Sausage 16oz 3.29
Nathans Jumbo Beef Franks 14oz 3.99
Pillsbury Cake Mix 15.25oz .99
Dole Squishems or Fruit Bowls 4ct 1.50
Hunts Snack Pack Pudding or Gels 4ct .88
Jolly TIme Microwave Popcorn 3ct .99
Hunts Manwhich 15-16oz .88
Hunts Tomato Sauce 8oz .40
Mr Dells Hashbrowns 24-30oz 1.97
Kellogs Fruit Loops, Corn POps Rice Krispies 8-9.2oz 1.79
Old Orchard Juice 64oz 1.67

Shop'n Save
Prices Valid May 14-20
T-Bone Steak per lb 5.99
Chicken Leg Quarters per lb .49 (sold 10lb bag)
Cucumbers each .68
Green Bell Peppers each .68
Ken's Salad Dressing 16oz 1.00
Jack PIzza 12 in 2.50
Prairie Farm Old Recipe Ice Cream 56 3.00
Hunts Snack Pack Pudding 4pk .88
Pepsi 2 liter 1.00
Powerade 32oz .69 LImit 12
Ragu Pasta Sauce 16-24oz 1.67
Barilla Pasta 12-16oz 1.00

WALGREENS May 18-24
Dasani Water 16.9oz 24pk 3.99
Oreo and Nabisco Cookies 9-15.5oz 2.50
Folgers Country Roast 34.5oz 5.99
Folgers Instant Coffee 8oz 4.99
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars 6pk 3.50
Hershey's Spreads Snacksters 1.8oz 1.50
7Up, A&W, Sunkist, Canada Dry, Hawaiian Punch 2 liter 1.00
V8 Juice Vegetable or Splash 64oz or V-Fusion 46oz 2.50
Target May 18-24
All detergent 172oz. 96 or 1114 load liquid detergent 11.49
Bush's 21-28oz baked beans 1.67
Johnsonville 12-14oz bratwurst 2.69
Tyson 2.25lb Bag Trimmed and Ready frozen Chicken Breast 6.99
Magnum Bars 3pk 3.00 COUPON ALERT
Lays Chips 9.5-10oz 2.00
Cheetos 8.5-0.5oz 2.00
Pepsi Products 12pk 12oz Cans 2.40

CVS Pharmacy May 18-24
Ragu Pasta Sauce 23.9-24oz 1.67
Cheetos 8-9.75oz 2.50
Rold Gold Pretzels 7-16oz 2.50
Kelloggs Frosted Flakes, Krave, Raisin Bran Crunch or Honey Smaks Cereal 11-18.2oz 2.50
Kelloggs Spcial K Cereael 11-19.6oz 2.50
Capri Sun 10pk 1.99

Kmart May 18-24
Pepsi 24pk Cans 4.99
Pepsi 2 liter 1.00
Gatorade 32oz .88
Del Monte Fruit Cups or Fruit Burst 4pk 2.50
Lucky Charms 11.5oz, Cheerios 14oz 2.50
Quaker Cereals 12.5-14oz 2.00

 

[OKTexas]

Members of the family together control just over half of the company’s stock

Are you blind or something? That ^ is in the article I posted. Damn. A damn blind person can see what they can and can not afford so while idiots such as yourself continue to protect companies like wal mart and not making them pay a livable wage YOU and ME get to pay for the food stamps and medicaid and tanf these workers need. Enjoy. You are being used as a useful idiot and robot by the 1%.

So you haven't figured out that you have no claim on a private citizens money, the money the Waltons have does not belong to Walmart.

 

[Darkwind]

You dumb fucks realize that you are lowering the buying power and livable conditions of the middle class with each increase of the minimum wage, right?


BTW...wasn't the increase in the minimum wage three raises ago supposed to fix all our problems? Yet, here we are.

 

[williepete]

The REASON we need programs for the poor is because people like YOU and your scum bag politicians REFUSE to give a minimum wage raise. Its amazing you don't blink an eye at a CEO making 10,000$ an hour yet throw a fit over workers want 10$ an hour. Fucking hypocrites.

Interesting that in six years in power, the scum bag liberal politicians, Obama, Pelosi, Reid and company, who have controlled the federal government haven't done your bidding. Wonder why. A bit too cozy with those 10K per hour CEOs and not the oppressed Proletariat?

Urban Dictionary:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=El+diablo+blanco

El diablo blanco

Spanish for “The White Devil”
Often abbreviated to “Diablo Blanco.”

A broad racial slur used to show dislike of any Caucasian.

Most often used by Hispanic and other Spanish speaking people, although not normally by people from Spain itself, as they are considered white themselves.

 

[The Rabbi]

Members of the family together control just over half of the company’s stock

Are you blind or something? That ^ is in the article I posted. Damn. A damn blind person can see what they can and can not afford so while idiots such as yourself continue to protect companies like wal mart and not making them pay a livable wage YOU and ME get to pay for the food stamps and medicaid and tanf these workers need. Enjoy. You are being used as a useful idiot and robot by the 1%.

You're a moron. Institutions control more stock than the family. Check Yahoo business.
But it's irrelevant. The family doesn't run the business. The family doesnt own the business. Owning 51% is not owning the business. What about the other owners, i.e. shareholders? Are you going to make them cough up too?
And who is deciding what a "livable"[sic] wage is? Who gave you the power to decide such a thing? How do you even measure it?
You have swallowed the left wing propaganda hook line and stinker.

 

[The Rabbi]

Cocksucker....inflation is caused by raising the wages of workers.

Unless a product becomes scarce, it should remain stable in price given other factors are not changed e.g. wages.

An example for you dumbfuck....farmer Bob produces 1 million gallons of milk on his farm. He can sell his milk at the same price or close to it given he made a profit, unless he has to pay more for shipping his milk or pay more for his workers to get the milk from the cows. Shipping and labor costs are affected by rising wages.

You win the dumbest post in the thread award.

Inflation is caused by fractional reserve lending & printing money. It has never been caused by raising minimum wage in the USA. Consumer loans, home loans, student loans, etc to underpaid workers cause inflation. So does government printing money or creating debt to support millions of minimum wage workers earning below the poverty line.

Raising minimum has always been deflationary & creates more jobs.

You understand your chart says the exact opposite of what you've posted, right?

 

[The Rabbi]

Members of the family together control just over half of the company’s stock

Are you blind or something? That ^ is in the article I posted. Damn. A damn blind person can see what they can and can not afford so while idiots such as yourself continue to protect companies like wal mart and not making them pay a livable wage YOU and ME get to pay for the food stamps and medicaid and tanf these workers need. Enjoy. You are being used as a useful idiot and robot by the 1%.

quit bitching and don't shop there. Jesus, I love liberals and how they know everything, yet all their programs suck and they have to keep them forever......but refuse to discuss results.

Shut up shithead. Wasn't talking to you in the first place. Talking to Rabbi who can't seem to focus worth a shit. The REASON we need programs for the poor is because people like YOU and your scum bag politicians REFUSE to give a minimum wage raise. Its amazing you don't blink an eye at a CEO making 10,000$ an hour yet throw a fit over workers want 10$ an hour. Fucking hypocrites.

So if we raise the min wage we wont need programs for the poor?

 

[The Rabbi]

Members of the family together control just over half of the company’s stock

Are you blind or something? That ^ is in the article I posted. Damn. A damn blind person can see what they can and can not afford so while idiots such as yourself continue to protect companies like wal mart and not making them pay a livable wage YOU and ME get to pay for the food stamps and medicaid and tanf these workers need. Enjoy. You are being used as a useful idiot and robot by the 1%.

So you haven't figured out that you have no claim on a private citizens money, the money the Waltons have does not belong to Walmart.

That money is being made off of the backs of hard working Americans. So yeah they are ALL entitled to it and should use force if need be to get it back. Let the bastard Walton's see how it is wondering how the rent is gonna get paid or the electric bill paid.

Yes, comrade. We must look out for the proletariat.
Take that shit to North Korea, you dumb asshole.

 

[The Rabbi]

The REASON we need programs for the poor is because people like YOU and your scum bag politicians REFUSE to give a minimum wage raise. Its amazing you don't blink an eye at a CEO making 10,000$ an hour yet throw a fit over workers want 10$ an hour. Fucking hypocrites.

Interesting that in six years in power, the scum bag liberal politicians, Obama, Pelosi, Reid and company, who have controlled the federal government haven't done your bidding. Wonder why. A bit too cozy with those 10K per hour CEOs and not the oppressed Proletariat?

Urban Dictionary:
Urban Dictionary: El diablo blanco

El diablo blanco

Spanish for “The White Devil”
Often abbreviated to “Diablo Blanco.”

A broad racial slur used to show dislike of any Caucasian.

Most often used by Hispanic and other Spanish speaking people, although not normally by people from Spain itself, as they are considered white themselves.

Correct. I am white though so. It's like Americans calling themselves Infidels. Its making a mockery or a badge of honor. I named my truck that so I just used it here.

Shut up shithead. Wasn't talking to you in the first place. Talking to Rabbi who can't seem to focus worth a shit. The REASON we need programs for the poor is because people like YOU and your scum bag politicians REFUSE to give a minimum wage raise. Its amazing you don't blink an eye at a CEO making 10,000$ an hour yet throw a fit over workers want 10$ an hour. Fucking hypocrites.

So if we raise the min wage we wont need programs for the poor?

We will still need them but not as many people would need them. The big companies need put under control and kept there. They are out of control and will do whatever they want they figure as now they can just pad the pockets of a few politicians and there ya go...back to doing whatever they please. We need to set up a Guillotine and start chopping heads off...make the French revolution look tame.

Actually more people will need them. Because companies will either lay off lower paid workers, finding ways not to have to use them, or they will go out of business due to higher labor costs.

Your violent fantasies against people who have been more successful than you are troubling. You need to see a doctor.

 

[SAYIT]

If Walmart Paid Its Employees a Living Wage, How Much Would Prices Go Up? - YouTube

You can bash the concept before watching the video, which was my first reaction. However, the video points out that raising a Walmart employee at the minimum wage to the so-called "living wage" of $13.63 would cause Walmart to have to raise prices by $0.01!

Thoughts?

It then makes, what I believe is an erroneous claim, that if they raised the amount then people would go off of food stamps. I think it is erroneous, because I believe they still qualify at that low level.

How about all the other companies that are more min wager labor intensive and are not named Walmart? All wages in America would have to rise to accommodate the new wage paradigm.

 

[The Rabbi]

That money is being made off of the backs of hard working Americans. So yeah they are ALL entitled to it and should use force if need be to get it back. Let the bastard Walton's see how it is wondering how the rent is gonna get paid or the electric bill paid.

Yes, comrade. We must look out for the proletariat.
Take that shit to North Korea, you dumb asshole.

Keep being used. Eventually the 1% will have no more use for you. Just a fair warning.

Unable to refute my points. You fall back on conspiracy theory.

 

[OKTexas]

Members of the family together control just over half of the company’s stock

Are you blind or something? That ^ is in the article I posted. Damn. A damn blind person can see what they can and can not afford so while idiots such as yourself continue to protect companies like wal mart and not making them pay a livable wage YOU and ME get to pay for the food stamps and medicaid and tanf these workers need. Enjoy. You are being used as a useful idiot and robot by the 1%.

So you haven't figured out that you have no claim on a private citizens money, the money the Waltons have does not belong to Walmart.

That money is being made off of the backs of hard working Americans. So yeah they are ALL entitled to it and should use force if need be to get it back. Let the bastard Walton's see how it is wondering how the rent is gonna get paid or the electric bill paid.

Fuck you, you're nothing but a leach. The Waltons put up their hard earned money to help Sam Walton start that company from one store, I'm very sure they wondered if that investment would ever pay off in the early days. Now that they have realized the American dream you think you have a right to steal it from them. How about you just go out, round up some investors, and build your own dream? Or are you just too stupid to do that and it's much easier to hire politicians to steal it for you? You're the problem with country, not the Waltons.

 

[The Rabbi]

If Walmart Paid Its Employees a Living Wage, How Much Would Prices Go Up? - YouTube

You can bash the concept before watching the video, which was my first reaction. However, the video points out that raising a Walmart employee at the minimum wage to the so-called "living wage" of $13.63 would cause Walmart to have to raise prices by $0.01!

Thoughts?

It then makes, what I believe is an erroneous claim, that if they raised the amount then people would go off of food stamps. I think it is erroneous, because I believe they still qualify at that low level.

How about all the other companies that are more min wager labor intensive and are not named Walmart? All wages in America would have to rise to accommodate the new wage paradigm.

They will go out of business. Or do without. How many theater ushers do you see in movie theaters today? How many gas jockeys? Those were all jobs typically held by either teens or retired people looking to make a little money.

 

[SAYIT]

Members of the family together control just over half of the company’s stock

Are you blind or something? That ^ is in the article I posted. Damn. A damn blind person can see what they can and can not afford so while idiots such as yourself continue to protect companies like wal mart and not making them pay a livable wage YOU and ME get to pay for the food stamps and medicaid and tanf these workers need. Enjoy. You are being used as a useful idiot and robot by the 1%.

So you haven't figured out that you have no claim on a private citizens money, the money the Waltons have does not belong to Walmart.

That money is being made off of the backs of hard working Americans. So yeah they are ALL entitled to it and should use force if need be to get it back. Let the bastard Walton's see how it is wondering how the rent is gonna get paid or the electric bill paid.

Force, eh? Typical loony socialist - or should I say communist - POV. Those hard working Americans were paid according to their compact with Walmart. They received what they had coming and that which belongs to the Walton's is not yours nor theirs nor any of your silly biz. There are countries which are far more sympathetic to your commie views.
Let me suggest you move to one of them, comrade.

 

[The Rabbi]

Correct. I am white though so. It's like Americans calling themselves Infidels. Its making a mockery or a badge of honor. I named my truck that so I just used it here.

We will still need them but not as many people would need them. The big companies need put under control and kept there. They are out of control and will do whatever they want they figure as now they can just pad the pockets of a few politicians and there ya go...back to doing whatever they please. We need to set up a Guillotine and start chopping heads off...make the French revolution look tame.

Actually more people will need them. Because companies will either lay off lower paid workers, finding ways not to have to use them, or they will go out of business due to higher labor costs.

Your violent fantasies against people who have been more successful than you are troubling. You need to see a doctor.

Actually I already showed more than once how Washington State has the highest min wage in the country and is in a economic BOOM not a BUST but a BOOM...tell me why since they raised the min wage more people are hiring.

Just facts my boy.

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I'm not your boy, pederast.
You showed nothing of the sort. You made some vague causal argument based on two factors. I already disposed of the argument by showing states with lower min wages also have lower unemployment.
Looks like you lost that argument.

 

[SAYIT]

That money is being made off of the backs of hard working Americans. So yeah they are ALL entitled to it and should use force if need be to get it back. Let the bastard Walton's see how it is wondering how the rent is gonna get paid or the electric bill paid.

Yes, comrade. We must look out for the proletariat.
Take that shit to North Korea, you dumb asshole.

Keep being used. Eventually the 1% will have no more use for you. Just a fair warning.

Let's just say the prognostications of a communist are, at best, suspect. You guys don't exactly have a winning track record.