Comments on: How to Break the Big Box Habit http://matadornetwork.com/change/how-to-break-the-big-box-habit/ travel culture worldwide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eva http://matadornetwork.com/change/how-to-break-the-big-box-habit/#comment-46807 Eva Tue, 19 May 2009 21:07:53 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=410#comment-46807 "If Wal-Mart let its employees unionize, it’d have to pay them more, and consequently have fewer of them, or raise its prices and hurt consumers." Or pay its employees more, keep the same number of employees, and make a tiny dent in its massive profits. Ah yes, Wal-Mart, defender of the poor worldwide! As for my status as a Citizen of the World (which, by the way, I never claimed to be), well, since we were talking specific minimum wage policies (um, not so applicable to China?) I assumed we were talking about American Wal-Marts and American poor people. I'm not even American - just following the discussion at hand. “If Wal-Mart let its employees unionize, it’d have to pay them more, and consequently have fewer of them, or raise its prices and hurt consumers.”

Or pay its employees more, keep the same number of employees, and make a tiny dent in its massive profits. Ah yes, Wal-Mart, defender of the poor worldwide!

As for my status as a Citizen of the World (which, by the way, I never claimed to be), well, since we were talking specific minimum wage policies (um, not so applicable to China?) I assumed we were talking about American Wal-Marts and American poor people. I’m not even American – just following the discussion at hand.

]]> By: Teresa http://matadornetwork.com/change/how-to-break-the-big-box-habit/#comment-46858 Teresa Tue, 19 May 2009 20:48:19 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=410#comment-46858 Right on, Julie. This issue is only going to get more pressing. The more self-sufficient we are within out local communities, the better we'll be at riding out crises of all kinds. Right on, Julie. This issue is only going to get more pressing. The more self-sufficient we are within out local communities, the better we’ll be at riding out crises of all kinds.

]]> By: emerson http://matadornetwork.com/change/how-to-break-the-big-box-habit/#comment-46806 emerson Tue, 19 May 2009 14:47:36 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=410#comment-46806 Eva, "Why does it source all (or nearly all) its goods from the cheapest possible overseas sources, leaving American factories to close?" Chinese poor people are people too. Don't they need the jobs 1,000 times more than we do anyway? What's all this talk about "AMERICAN factories," you citizen of the world? If Wal-Mart let its employees unionize, it'd have to pay them more, and consequently have fewer of them, or raise its prices and hurt consumers. Eva,
“Why does it source all (or nearly all) its goods from the cheapest possible overseas sources, leaving American factories to close?”

Chinese poor people are people too. Don’t they need the jobs 1,000 times more than we do anyway? What’s all this talk about “AMERICAN factories,” you citizen of the world?

If Wal-Mart let its employees unionize, it’d have to pay them more, and consequently have fewer of them, or raise its prices and hurt consumers.

]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadornetwork.com/change/how-to-break-the-big-box-habit/#comment-46828 Tim Patterson Tue, 19 May 2009 13:47:46 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=410#comment-46828 Really glad to see this article. Stuff bought from Walmart breaks in a few weeks anyway. The quality is sh*it. Really glad to see this article. Stuff bought from Walmart breaks in a few weeks anyway. The quality is sh*it.

]]> By: Eva http://matadornetwork.com/change/how-to-break-the-big-box-habit/#comment-46805 Eva Tue, 19 May 2009 12:15:18 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=410#comment-46805 If Wal-Mart is "good for poor people" then why does it shut down any store that attempts to unionize to improve their working conditions? Why does it source all (or nearly all) its goods from the cheapest possible overseas sources, leaving American factories to close? Has it occurred to you that "poor people" might find local job growth and security, strong local downtowns, and a healthier environment (since big box stores are entirely dependent on car culture) to be at least as useful as cheap clothes from China? If Wal-Mart is “good for poor people” then why does it shut down any store that attempts to unionize to improve their working conditions? Why does it source all (or nearly all) its goods from the cheapest possible overseas sources, leaving American factories to close?

Has it occurred to you that “poor people” might find local job growth and security, strong local downtowns, and a healthier environment (since big box stores are entirely dependent on car culture) to be at least as useful as cheap clothes from China?

]]> By: joshywashington http://matadornetwork.com/change/how-to-break-the-big-box-habit/#comment-46809 joshywashington Tue, 19 May 2009 08:17:07 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=410#comment-46809 Julie this has truly been the article I needed to read, I was just having this discussion today in an interview for SHINE about rehthinking our whole way we relate to business and each other. Great article. Eat ore Rice! Julie this has truly been the article I needed to read, I was just having this discussion today in an interview for SHINE about rehthinking our whole way we relate to business and each other. Great article. Eat ore Rice!

]]> By: emerson http://matadornetwork.com/change/how-to-break-the-big-box-habit/#comment-46804 emerson Tue, 19 May 2009 01:31:00 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=410#comment-46804 Wal-Mart is in favor of raising the minimum wage because it pays it's employees higher than MW, and it knows many of its competitors can't and don't. Wal-Mart also allows poor people to buy clothes and food cheaply. I'd love all stores to be small and quaint too, but Wal-Mart really is good for poor people. If you don't think it is, why do they shop there? 'Cuz they're dumb? Wal-Mart is in favor of raising the minimum wage because it pays it’s employees higher than MW, and it knows many of its competitors can’t and don’t.

Wal-Mart also allows poor people to buy clothes and food cheaply. I’d love all stores to be small and quaint too, but Wal-Mart really is good for poor people.

If you don’t think it is, why do they shop there? ‘Cuz they’re dumb?

]]> By: Abbie http://matadornetwork.com/change/how-to-break-the-big-box-habit/#comment-46801 Abbie Tue, 19 May 2009 00:09:16 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=410#comment-46801 Thanks for the suggestions! Down with big boxes! Thanks for the suggestions! Down with big boxes!

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