gipper
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No. Wrong. The profits are enormous. Why have it all going to the top? The workers should unionize and negotiate big wage and benefit improvements.I'm not sure what your point is.Yes we need to make sure all the profits flow up to the Walton family, who enjoy their many mansions, private jets, and exotic vacations.If Walmart is having a hard time it's not because of wages its because they are losing their market supremacy to Amazon. Both are looking to to make human workers a thing of the past. Every job that can be mechanized eventually will be because it's even cheaper than slave labor. Flesh and blood cannot compete with that.
Oh, I don't see Walmart having a hard time at all. The store was packed. The parking lot of my local store in Florida is always packed. Our store in Florida has increased the number of self-serve lanes after Florida voters approved a $15 minimum wage.
Simply put, the skill level of the job is not worthy of $15 an hour. So, in response, Walmart will invest in these self-serve aisles which will pay for themselves in pretty short order...
The Walton family makes a shit-ton of money. They figured out a formula for raking in mountains of cash while building a fiercly loyal customer base. Good for them, man. American dream and all that.
But the fact of the matter is that paying someone $15 an hour to run a cash register is stupid. I'm not sure how Target does it; they do have fewer employees than Walmart. Walmart simply decided that it would not be dictated to. As much as I dislike Walmart, I applaud them for that...