Thursday, December 29, 2005

Walmart - Always Just Low

On Tuesday January 3rd, Wisconsin Public Television will run an episode of Frontline titled "Is Walmart Good for America?"

In Madison it airs at 8pm but you should check your local Wisconsin Public Television listings to see when it is running in your area. You can check that here.

You'll get to see Walmart shove American jobs overseas as fast as they can by forcing companies to offer their products at such ridiculously low prices to Walmart to sell that they have to move overseas to do it. Think that it hasn't happened to jobs here in Wisconsin? Think again. Mirro cookware ring a bell? They are just one of many manufacturing plants that have shifted production overseas to be able to accommodate Walmart's price demands.

Sure, you can buy cheaper pots and pans now, but how long do you think our country can continue to replace good-paying jobs that can support a family with jobs that pay barely above minimum wage and have no benefits?

Those cheap pots and pans are costing our country a lot and the bill is coming due soon.

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