Wal-Mart Sells $1 Billion in Goods a Day (and Other Scary Numbers)

[One Sweet World]

Want to see some crazy numbers?

In 2008, Wal-Mart sold:

$1,095,890,410 worth of goods a day
$45,662,100 worth of goods an hour
$761,035 worth of goods a minute and
$12,683 worth of goods a second.

In Q4 alone, they NETTED $3.8 billion in PROFITS!

(Numbers courtesy of Wake Up Wal-Mart, with whom I work)

If Wal-Mart has overflowing coffers, is it really too much to ask to give employees decent health care?

Q: Where is all the money going?

A: Four out of the top 10 richest Americans are Waltons. Remember how Scrooge McDuck used to swim through his cash? Well, I'm pretty sure Alice Walton has a pretty similar life.

Every American wants to prosper, but in America, we have a tradition of a strong middle class and our most successful businesses taking care of their employees. Walmart (with it's 70% of goods from China) obviously does not care about this heritage.

I hope our new leaders in Washington fight for America's workers, and not its Waltons.

[The Brethren]

1. Ironically now matter how much I

hear people complain about Wal-Mart, they still from what I've seen, at one time or another, buy from them.

Wal-mart is our leader in retailer, and despite the fact that I don't like them, another irony is the worst our economy becomes, the more likely consumers will be to buy from them if they can get a cheaper price at Wal-Mart then another store....even if most of their products are from China, or even when it's made in China through Wal-Mart. Vicious cycle.



Know what you're paying for. The Stimulus Plan ("American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009"): Orig. House version -- http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/RecoveryBill01-15-09.pdf , House spreadsheet -- http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pV-c6t5fOVmNorqMpHvnCMw ; Senate version -- http://appropriations.senate.gov/News/2009_02_02_The_American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009.pdf ; and Senate compromise -- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-1 , Text and $$$ details of Senate compromise -- http://appropriations.senate.gov/News/2009_02_08_UPDATED_Appropriations_Provisions_of_American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act.pdf?CFID=4043629&CFTOKEN=40573040 . In addition to -- http://readthestimulus.org/amdth1.pdf , along with -- http://www.readthestimulus.org/ . Final version, Feb. 13th, 1500 pgs. worth -- http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/arra_public_review/ , more details on the final version -- http://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php?category=&type=Project&proj_id=1913&action=Headlines%20By%20TCS , including spending -- http://cbs4denver.com/national/Web.government.accountability.2.937188.html