Didn't you use that example last week and didn't Jerry shoot it down? They don't raise prices and they create as many new business as the ones they replace.
Also, WalMart, like most retail jobs pay around minimum wage and employee college kids, housewives and retirees. If you are working there as a career they do have management opportunities but not that many. On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: > > > As an example let's look at Wal-Mart. You don't get much bigger than > that. They have a tendancy to drive all competitors in an area out of > business and then raise their prices higher than what those competitors > would get away with before they came to town. Currently they also seem > to be extremely hostile towards full time employees (you know, the ones > who actually make enough to get by, if just barely). I think it would be > difficult to argue that their interests in any way align to the > interests of the general public. I think it would also be safe to say > that you could find many similar cases throughout the business world, > especially big business. > > Now admittedly there are companies out there with interests that align > well to the public interest, but businesses in a capitalist economy are, > first and foremost, concerned with making a buck. They aren't out to > give people jobs. They give people jobs because they make a profit by > doing so. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327998 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
