It wasn't you in particular. Just the thread. - Matt
----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Haskell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart > Not sure why those comments had to be attached to my comments :/ > > Adam > > On 1/19/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hitler! Hitler! Nazis!!!! Third Reich!!! Dictator!!! >> >> I think that should do it. :-) >> >> - Matt >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Adam Haskell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> >> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:25 AM >> Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart >> >> >> >I think we are mostly in agreence. However for the free market to work >> > people need to be eduicated on how buissiness is conducted, not only >> that >> > but they need to care. I believe this is where the free market CAN >> > fail, >> > notice I say can and I will even say does sometimes. However, apathy >> > towards how american businesses operate skus the free market in favor >> > of >> > companies that are more recluse and less responsible but offer lower >> price >> > points, this is mainly do to greed which is not a bad trait in this >> > case >> > just a natural desire to obtain as much as possible for as little as >> > possible. A perfect example is Ralphs, yes a division of the company I >> > work >> > for. For year the union was in a contract and when the contract came up >> > they >> > finally said it was not fair. For years the union was not happy with >> > the >> > compensation, and mostly benifits (sound similar) it was made puiblic a >> > few >> > times, prior to renegotiations. Like I said though it was public >> knowledge >> > that the contract was "unfair" or thought to be unfair, along with a >> > few >> > lawsuits I think. However, due to apathy towards how ralphs opperated >> > allowed Ralphs continued to reap benifits for years. Finally when the >> > contract had to be renewed the union went on strike forcing people to >> > become >> > educated to how "crappy" the workers were being treated. All of the >> sudden >> > people stopped shopping at Ralphs, some 5 years later and that division >> is >> > still recovering from that strike, struggling to bring people back to >> > thier >> > stores. This is a perfect example of how the free market failed in my >> > opinion, yes it corrected itself but only after people became educated >> and >> > that education came at the cost of works going without pay for over a >> > month >> > if I recall. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193470 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
