Originally Posted by
pete2800
Assuming a 2% rate of return on investments, the Walton family makes 2.894 billion dollars in income, annually. You could increase benefits to each employee in a sustainable way by about 1,900 bucks (around 15%) just by writing checks. Cut that to your 1000 dollars in your example, and you'd still have an annual personal income of 1.4 billion.
Just because the Walton family "is making plenty of money" is nobody's business but theirs.
All WalMart employees knew the pay scales when hired. If they dislike it, they can better themselves by acquiring in-demand skills. If they don't care for the pay/conditions, then they should seek employment elsewhere.
Walmart doesn't exist to offer money and free healthcare to its employees - it exists to offer products at low prices to its customers. If the employees think they're worth more than what they're paid, they have the freedom to work someplace else or open their own business. Again, nobody is forcing them to do anything. That's one of the things that is (still) great about America.