Originally Posted by
pete2800
Here's a fun fact... If you work at Walmart, you're still a low income household.
There was a study done by a university... I'd have to look it up... But the findings were that the money Americans save by shopping at Walmart is mostly given back in the form of taxes to pay for federal aid for Walmart employees. It's not as cheap as it seems.
People like to beat the "providing jobs" drum, but if the job you're providing is substandard, you're not actually helping. I'd rather be unemployed and have my time to use to do side jobs/flip cars/whatever than work at Walmart. It's pretty easy to make more than minimum wage if you're creative.
Wal-Mart has done more to boost the status of underprivileged workers in this country than a thousand government programs.
Remember: Wal-Mart issues job applications that are submitted voluntarily. Wal-Mart does not draft employees. These people, more than a million of them are not there under coercion or threat of harm if they don't like the conditions and want to leave (as should Regional pilots if they dislike it so much).