There is no comparison between Big Oil and Walmart. People continue to earn substantially above living wages in the oil industry. Walmart lowers everyone's wages.
I know Walmart's official headquarters are in Bentonville, Arkansas. I stand by my China statement. By the by, 2012 has been playing in heavy rotation on cable recently. One of the most ridiculous things in a movie full of ridiculous things is the decision to repopulate the world with billionaires. If there is anything more worthless than a billionaire, I don't know what it is. Can you imagine trying to rebuild the world with that sorry bunch of Waltons down in Bentonville? (Riddle: what is the easiest way to become a millionaire? Start as a billionaire). This is why they buried Pharaohs with their slaves. Somebody has got to do the work on the other side. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart <dar...@...> wrote: > > > You can fill in ANY popular product in the place of "iPhone" in this > piece. The iPhone 3G, Apple's most popular unit, is $99. It no doubt > costs around $20 to make. The $300 prices are for people who are not > AT&T customers, Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters are in Arkansas. > Bentonville. I've been there. They have a NEW office in China, which > makes sense, as it's their number one market. Their profits are > something, but nothing compared to the oil companies. Not to say one > form of exploitation is better than another. > > > Every time you fill your tank with oil refined in the United States, > you lower your standard of living. > > On Jul 25, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Kelwyn wrote: > > > Foxcomm (Hon Hai) generates more revenue in a year than Apple, Dell > > or Microsoft. Foxcomm won Apple's order to make the iPhone after > > Foxcomm directed the business units to sell parts at zero profit. > > > > Can you imagine 420,000 workers paid subsistence wages and jammed 8 > > to 10 to a dorm room? > > > > What I want to know is why do these phones still cost $300? > > > > Lastly, business practices oversees are eventually imported here. > > We purchase our future subjugation. > > > > Walmart moved their corporate headquarters to China. Walmart is the > > number one company in America and this has led to the Walmarting of > > America: collecting overtime after 40 hours instead of after 8 > > hours is courtesy of Walmart. > > > > Every time you shop at Walmart you are lowering your standard of > > living. > > > > ~(no)rave! > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Vanguard. They did a series of shows on Asia and China. One > > covered Malaysia > > > and how so many companies have left their for China because China > > was even > > > cheaper. (they tried to squeeze a few tax dollars out of the > > billions that > > > was there and the manufactures left!) Then he covered Hong Kong, and > > > mainland China. I think it was all together 4 or 5 shows. The > > reporter's > > > name is Adam Yamaguchi. He's covering India right now. > > > > > > There's a ton of other videos on the site as well. Just doing a > > search on > > > China pulled up 403 pages of videos! > > > > > > You can also check it out on their website at: > > > http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/ > > > > > > One of the things that I like about them is that they cover stuff > > that > > > doesn't get covered in the regular news channel and may NEVER get > > covered by > > > them. One reporter covered Somali pirates a year before they > > attacked the US > > > boat. > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Martin Baxter > > <martinbaxter7@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Missed that one, Mr Worf. What's the name of the show it was > > on? I'll keep > > > > an eye out for it. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Mr. Worf > > <HelloMahogany@>wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Did anyone see the story about factory closures in China on > > Current tv? > > > >> > > > >> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Martin Baxter > > <martinbaxter7@>wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> Why does this NOT surprise me? > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Kelwyn <ravenadal@> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/28/foxconn-plant- > > china-deaths-suicides > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Construction workers began erecting anti-suicide nets today > > at an > > > >>>> industrial plant in southern China that makes millions of > > the world's mobile > > > >>>> phones and computers. Five-metre long steel poles were > > bolted into the walls > > > >>>> below the roofs to support webbing that will eventually > > cover 1.5m square > > > >>>> metres. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> To stem an epidemic of workers leaping to their deaths, the > > Taiwanese > > > >>>> electronics company Foxconn â" which works with Apple, Dell > > and Sony â" has > > > >>>> also pledged to raise salaries by 20% and offered > > counselling to its 420,000 > > > >>>> employees here. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who > > the bloody > > > >>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > > >>> > > > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > > >> Mahogany at: > > > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the > > bloody hell > > > > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ > > mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > >
