Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 May I remind everyone that COSTCO is the only Fortune 500 comapny that donates to the dems. I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars. Abbie Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 What about Sam's Club, owned by the Walmart people? That and Costco are our only bulk shopping options where we live. On 9/19/05, TDPO <thoroughlydisgustedpissedoff wrote: > > May I remind everyone that COSTCO is the only Fortune 500 comapny that > donates to the dems. > > > I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what > they killed, there would be no more wars. > Abbie Hoffman > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Sam's Club has the same disregard for its employees and for its patrons that has marked WalMart. Some years ago when a bill was before the California Assembly to limit bulk stores (the bill was aimed at Costco, actually, at the behest of the grocery industry), the San Diego Union Tribune set out to do an expose on Costco. What they found showed their preconceptions to be false: Costco provided only the highest quality foods (meats, dairy, seafood, etc.) and the highest quality merchandise. The Union Tribune ended up praising Costco as a company with integrity. But Costco is also a good corporate citizen. Costco pays its employees well and treats them with respect. The CEO has angered Wall Street with his outspoken argument that employees that are valued and treated with respect will in turn treat patrons with respect. WalMart and Sam's, on the other hand, may be great at getting food and water moved rapidly from one location to another, but they treat their employees like sh*t, force their costs of doing business off on communities when they do not pay a living wage or one that would enable most employees to get adequate (or any) health insurance. WalMart and Sam's are the major contributor to our trade imbalance with China (which owns so much of our debt that it has strategically weakened our country). Further, the greedy wife and children of Sam Walton, the founder, contribute to charities that undermine public education. Sam Walton may have been a man with some principles, but those who inherited from him aren't. WalMart and Sam's lie and misrepresent (I can provide countless examples if you like) to get their stores into communities. When they do enter a community, they destroy the small businesses that were there. WalMart (and Sam's) may have garnered good PR from Katrina, but it doesn't change the fact that they are helping to destroy America (even if it is us who permit them too by falling for their cheap--not just inexpensive, but cheaply made--goods). Shame on us and shame on them. Buy from Costco! --- Lori Mosca <lorih001 wrote: > What about Sam's Club, owned by the Walmart people? > That and Costco are our > only bulk shopping options where we live. > > On 9/19/05, TDPO > <thoroughlydisgustedpissedoff wrote: > > > > May I remind everyone that COSTCO is the only > Fortune 500 comapny that > > donates to the dems. > > > > > > I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people > were forced to eat what > > they killed, there would be no more wars. > > Abbie Hoffman > > > > > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam > protection around > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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