Papantonio: Wal-Mart Sweatshops, Unions Fight Back

[GoLeft TV]

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Wal-Mart wants to open up new stores in Chicago and, according to them, create thousands of new jobs for Chicago residents. The only thing standing in their way are unions who want the big box behemoth to commit to paying liveable wages to employees and offering benefits. The minimum wage jobs that the company offers won't do much good for a family of 4 trying to get by, which Mike Papantonio points out in his latest appearance on Fox News' Bulls and Bears.

[bulloney]

1. They needed FIVE people to offset Papantonio's argument?

This nation's move toward Wal-Mart type wages is a big part of the reason this country's in the mess it's in. Good-paying manufacturing jobs are outsourced. Laborers are forced into taking Wal-Mart type jobs to maintain some level of income. They try to sustain the standard of living they had with their manufacturing wages and assume debt to make it work. And that's a big contributor to the bankruptcies filed or the number of people heavily leveraged.

I'd like to know how many of those five Faux Snooze clowns arguing against Papantonio would work for the wage and benefit package paid to Wal Mart workers? And, do they believe you can support a family on those types of wages?

[fascisthunter]

7. yes... and they did a shitty job of it too

[burning rain]

2. Wal-Mart should go to the administration with the offer of some campaign donations.

They'd probably find a friend to go to bat for them there, just as big pharma did. It's easy to picture this administration arguing that Wal-Mart creates jobs and offers great low prices, a win-win for working folks.

[Hyper_Eye]

3. These panels are so pointless.

It is always Mike against everyone else and everyone else always says stupid pointless crap. So Wal-Mart is receiving demands from the Unions because they endorsed the health care reform legislation? What world do these people live in? Dumb.

[sasquatch]

5. "What world do these people live in?"

The land invisible hand God.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

4. What happened to the American spirit of rugged individualism?

What happened to "greed is good"? So when it's time for poor people to get paid, we have to put our personal agendas on hold and do what's good for the nation, huh? I bet those scoffing right wing fucks would be singing a very different tune if someone were to suggest that CEOs take a pay cut.

[winyanstaz]

6. If wallmart wages are so fine...let these people take a pay cut to that level.

I bet they change their tune real fast.

[Hulk]

8. Yoda looks stupid...but then so do the rest of them.

Why do men cut all their hair off?? Do they WANT to look dumb ass stupid?

Now I know...Michael Jordan shaved his head...and he was a great athlete. A pathetic human being, but he didn't strike me as being ass-wipe stupid. But this guy looks like Yoda the Jedi, and I just shut dumb ass looking people off. Sorry. Call me a bigot toward dumb-asses...but if you sound stupid, IF you look stupid....I don't really want to hear what you say. Granted...there are some stupid looking people in this world that are smarter than me. It's just I can live without hearing your wise words of wisdom. Hell, you aren't even smart enough to get yourself a haircut that doesn't make you look like a turd.