Tell your husband it doesn't matter if Wal-mart is American owned or not, they still import from overseas--remember when Wal-Mart had "made in the USA" stickers everywhere? Wal-mart has actually hurt American owned small businesses!
My husband and I watched a documentary about Wal-Mart and their mentality--I think it was on TLC-last month. There were big-wigs actually saying that wal-mart justifies paying its employees lower wages, by saying the lower income will allow them to qualify for government assistance. They then posted the amount of wal-mart employees who received Medicaid or foodstamps-by state--it was staggering.
More food for thought...wal-mart has a foundation set up for its employees to provide assistance to other employees...and they do. The Walton family donated only 4k to charities last year. Target is far more involved in the community. |