Before You Shop At Walmart!

[DomainsInc]

That's what happens when Government over taxes, over regulates and mandates they pay for health insurance for every employee, They relocate to a country with little or no regulation so they can make a profit, they need to make a profit for their shareholders, the "Greedy Rich" as H2FC refers to them as.

The one thing you keep on missing is, GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM.

Its not just government. Its also the fact that americans are not willing to work for the wages these companies can get overseas. Who could blame them. Should America has to regress to allowing third world wages, not to mention third world labor and enviromental regulations to compete?

[HasRob]

http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/walmart/

[Gerry]

US$7.25 hourly is really good for minimum wage. In hong kong, the minimum wage hourly is $4.

Considering the cost of living is sky high in Hong Kong, that is horrible.

I am sure every one who works there for minimum wage does not live there. I believe it was Palm Springs California that upped the minimum wage to $18.00 just to attract workers to come into town to work at the fast food restaurants etc. The cost of living is so high that laborers don't live in the city confines. Some commute as much as three hours one way to go to work. But, that's what the city council had to do to attract people to work there.

In too many places throughout this globe, there is a huge gap of what is paid. Nearly every resort town - like Vale, Colorado - they may pay the minimum wage but the workers can not afford to live within the resort or city confines.

Imagine Hong Kong and how big it is...how far out away from the city do people have to live in order to get by on the $4.00 per hour?

[fab]

This has got to be one of the best post's I've read in a long time, Excellent.. To answer your last question, I DON'T beleive they do.

Yes, I'll second that!