On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:45:26 GMT, "Ed Huntress" wrote:
"Gary R Coffman" wrote in message
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On 11 Aug 2003 12:45:33 -0700, jim rozen wrote:
I have no problem at all with them buying stuff from overseas.
The trouble happens in the 'fire all those expensive american
workers' section. If they fire all the workers then nobody's
gonna be there to buy stuff at Wal-Mart. Sounds like the
end result is a depression.

Seems to me that Walmart is *hiring* American workers to staff
all the stores they're opening to sell all those inexpensive goods.
Walmart is one of the fastest growing companies in the US.

Gary


Yes. Have you noticed what they pay? Do you know what the average pay is at
Wal-Mart, versus the average pay in manufacturing?

Hint: It's roughly half. And the number of service jobs that supported
*manufacturing*, itself, are now gone. All that's left there is the
low-paying service jobs that support *products*.

Yes, but there are a *lot* more of those jobs than there were manufacturing
jobs. Sure, some of those high pay low skill assembly line jobs are gone, there
aren't as many auto workers with cabins at the lake and a big boat, but more
people are earning enough to shop at Walmart (many getting an employee
discount too).

Gary.