Name:	lucky67 -	Reply
Subject:	ECONOMY
Date:	8/31/2015 3:32:04 PM

wALMART CUTTING EMPLOYEES HOURS AS HOURLY WAGE INCRESE ADDS TO COSTS !! NO JOKE--DUH

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	ECONOMY
Date:	8/31/2015 4:04:47 PM

Saw this coming a mile away.  In fact, I told DH the day I read that they were increasing the hourly rate that Walmart would compensate with less hours for the workers.  They are really a terrible company and I won't shop there unless I absolutely have no other choice. 

Name:	Shortbus -	Reply
Subject:	ECONOMY
Date:	8/31/2015 4:10:01 PM

Fifteen dollars an hour at McDonald's is going to be the guy watching the burger bots  (hamburger robots) run.

I love Sam's and hate Wal-Marts.  Why?

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	ECONOMY
Date:	8/31/2015 9:27:59 PM

 All that indicates to me is that they are overstaffed and are using the increse as an excuse to reduce the hours. I always operated on the basis that we did not hire a person until we needed 1.5 persons and never faced a cutback of staff. Often hired temps and if they were good workers would offer them the fulltme position.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	ECONOMY
Date:	8/31/2015 9:50:05 PM

Walmart is notorious for not giving their people enough hours to make a living wage.  Talk to some of the people that work there.  Now that they raised the hourly wage, they will just hire more people and there'll be even less hours to go around. 

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	ECONOMY
Date:	9/1/2015 2:32:45 AM

I don't understand how cutting hours and hiring more people saves money. Unless, the new ones are paid less per hour. 

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	ECONOMY
Date:	9/1/2015 8:17:12 AM

It's called Obamacare.  Under 30 hours and you don't have to offer benefits.  So you hire two people at 20 hours which equals one FTE but eliminate the 20% of additional costs for benefits.  Don't like it, go work somewhere else or stop voting for stupid Demcrats that pass awful laws.  Practical reality these days for people on the low skilled labor side of the world.  It's why so many more people are working two jobs these days even though they would like a full time job.

Name:	Shortbus -	Reply
Subject:	ECONOMY
Date:	9/1/2015 8:26:44 AM

Corporate welfare.

Name:	architect -	Reply
Subject:	Yep that is a problem
Date:	9/1/2015 9:48:21 AM (updated 9/1/2015 9:50:11 AM)

and just one of the reasons I think it should be against the law for an employer to provide personal health insurance and against the law for an individual not to purchase health insurance (with a gov't subsidy if required).  That being said, is it not a good thing that, unlike before Obamacare, those people who are not working enough hours to get employer paid or subsidized insurance or work in a small company not covered by the employer requirements, at least have an alternative means to obtain coverage through the state or federal exchanges?  Just posing a simple and respectful question hoping for a serious, polite and reasoned answer rather than the usual non-answer diatribe against the government and / or Obama.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Yep that is a problem
Date:	9/1/2015 11:52:22 AM

I have always thought that access to some sort of group coverage was the answer.  The only health insurance system I've ever had exposure to is the Federal Employees health Benfits program. This is how it works.  When you are working, you have the choice of over 30 health insurance programs - everything from HMOs to traditional programs like BCBS, with varying costs and coverage.  When you are working, the government provides a subsidy to it's employees, but employees still pay the majority of the cost (which is negotiated by the government).  Unlike what a lot of people think- it is NOT free, but participation is/was voluntary. the costs are not adjusted to your salary, so the lowest paid employees pay the same as the highest paid employees.  Then when you retire, assuming you had coverage while you were working, you can carry your health insurance into retirement, without any subsidy, but you still get the benefit of a negotiated cost.   This is the same program that Congress has too.  They also have to PAY.  As an individual, I pay about $200 a month for BCBS standard option which in general covers 80% of your hospital stay, tests, procedures, etc.  I pay a $20 copay for standard Drs. and $30 for specialists.  Assuming Medicare will be around when I turn 65, I will get medicare (no subsidy).  The reason I can get Medicare is that I have paid into Medicare.  I will likely keep my current BCBS as well, to cover what Medicare doesn't pay, rather than get another policy to cover what Medicare does not.  The FEHB does not offer a Medicare bridge policy, because the program is run for the benefit of it's employees, not the retirees.  In the case of my current BCBS, the carrier is BC/BS of Alabama, but that varies state to state. 

While I am not an expert on Obamacare, it seems to me that this is the system they were trying to model Obamacare on.  I understand why business owners don't like the idea of their requirement to pay towards their employees health insurance, but to me, it is just a cost of having employees, like paying into social security.  But, I don't think that they should have to bear the entire cost and I don't see why there couldn't be a small business cooperative that negotiates  an overall health care program to that would be offered to employees of small businesses.  Or a teachers cooperative that offers a program that is negotiated by the teachers union. 

Name:	copperline -	Reply
Subject:	Yep that is a problem
Date:	9/1/2015 12:27:46 PM

The US' healthcare system has been based on employer-provided insurance, that's the way it was concieved from the beginning. The fact that this leaves workers in dire straits when they lose or have to change jobs has been the most obvious problem to me.     The other problem with this is that corporations are profit-driven and will naturally use any avenues to keep their costs down.... reducing or eliminating healthcare insurance that is a large part of their overhead.

Walmart is a good example of what's been wrong with the system, and why a national single-payer plan (like Medicare) is probably better.  Over Walmart's incredible history of growth, its important to remember how they have used the rules to their benefit.   Since inception, Walmart has used massive numbers of part-time workers just so they would not have to pay the extra benefits such as access to their group policy, vacation & sick leave, access to retirement plans, etc.   In fact, this meant that much of their workforce had to seek government programs such as Medicaid, and I'd argue that Walmart benefitted greatly from shifting their operational cost to tax payers.   Thus, Walmart really did receive corporate welfare, and propped up their incredible growth by forcing employees into the only available healthcare they could access....US government assistance programs.

Our new hybrid system (under the Affordable Care Act) at least gives part timers access to insurance group coverage no matter how many hours they work, and that's got to be a good thing.   However, it still leaves taxpayers on the hook for low wage workers intentionally shut out of employer-based plans.    Unfortunately IMO, the compromises necessary to get the ACA passed included loopholes for corporations and can be used to by them to continue to put the cost of employee health plans on taxpayers and protecting their profit margins.  

I once read that if Walmart was a country, it would be China's eighth largest global trading partner.   It's disgraceful that they try to avoid paying a living wage & benefits to 100% of their workforce.

If we are going to use employment-based healthcare insurance as a national plan, I think we are going to have to close loopholes & increase pressure on corporations to provide access to their group policies for all their workforce.   However, I would not be surprised if corporations in the future shift their healthcare costs to the ACA just as Walmart has done over the years.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Yep that is a problem
Date:	9/1/2015 4:03:55 PM

You'll never get an argument out of me about Walmart.  The way they treat their employees, they way they undercut local businesses by pricing below cost.  I don't know if all of this is what Sam Walton had in mind, but the way it has evolved is a disgrace. 

Name:	wix -	Reply
Subject:	Socialist liberals
Date:	9/1/2015 7:18:42 PM

It is really amusing to read the post from you four ignorant, socialist liberals.  Quoting Tallu that Walmart is selling below cost.  What ignorance.  Walmart simply has better negotiating power than small businesses.  What would you be paying for gas if Walmart/Murphy Oil were not there.  Unlike you dimokrap "haves" many people work for Walmart because they need a job....they accept and are grateful for that opportunity.  Your pious comments are despicable and very typical of socialist liberals.  Go back and read the totally ignorant comments you have made.  GEEZ!!

Name:	hounddog -	Reply
Subject:	Socialist liberals
Date:	9/1/2015 9:13:36 PM

congrats to the vicious  fascist .He is the first to go on my ignore list .Not likely he will ever have anything to say worth reading .

Name:	hounddog -	Reply
Subject:	Yep that is a problem
Date:	9/1/2015 9:28:11 PM

Somebody just became the first to make my ignore list . Life is to short to waste time on vicious , violent numbskulls .

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Yep that is a problem
Date:	9/1/2015 9:38:30 PM

Excuse me?

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Excuse me
Date:	9/1/2015 9:43:25 PM

What did i say that was vicious or violent? 

in my recollection,  a number of years ago it was alleged, and i think proven,  that when Walmart moved into a new town, they undersold the cost of prescription drugs to drive indepdent pharmacies out of business. 

i guess HoundDog either works (ed) for Walmart or has a lot of their stock.

Name:	architect -	Reply
Subject:	Who is this guy referring to??
Date:	9/1/2015 11:07:28 PM (updated 9/1/2015 11:16:13 PM)

Who are these "vicious, violent numbskulls" saying nothing worth hearing.  Sounds to me as if HDawg is the one with a real anger problem! 

See what l mean about non-answer diatribes rather than reasoned responses.  Why is it impossible for so many of the posters on this forum to even be civil not to mention able to give an intellegent counter opinion?  You people are scary...America is doomed if your attitude is reflective of the way those you support will govern if they ever get into office. God help us!

Name:	copperline -	Reply
Subject:	Who is this guy referring to??
Date:	9/1/2015 11:21:24 PM

Hounddog, I'm not sure who you are talking about...  

Name:	hounddog -	Reply
Subject:	Who is this guy referring to??
Date:	9/2/2015 6:19:46 AM

I was referring to wix . All he ever posts are name calling attacks that are completely fascist in attitude . I guess I did the same referring to him as a vicious , violent numbskull but that is all I see there  and I won't waste time with it .

If I stump my toe on a rock I can spend hours lecturing to that rock about why it should be softer or more yielding or whatever but at the end of the day it will still be a nothing but a rock .

I'm sorry I posted any of this now . I really don't care anymore about politcal agendas .

Name:	hounddog -	Reply
Subject:	Who is this guy referring to??
Date:	9/2/2015 6:20:15 AM

I was referring to wix . All he ever posts are name calling attacks that are completely fascist in attitude . I guess I did the same referring to him as a vicious , violent numbskull but that is all I see there  and I won't waste time with it .

If I stump my toe on a rock I can spend hours lecturing to that rock about why it should be softer or more yielding or whatever but at the end of the day it will still be a nothing but a rock .

I'm sorry I posted any of this now . I really don't care anymore about politcal agendas .

Name:	hounddog -	Reply
Subject:	Who is this guy referring to??
Date:	9/2/2015 6:20:40 AM

I was referring to wix . All he ever posts are name calling attacks that are completely fascist in attitude . I guess I did the same referring to him as a vicious , violent numbskull but that is all I see there  and I won't waste time with it .

If I stump my toe on a rock I can spend hours lecturing to that rock about why it should be softer or more yielding or whatever but at the end of the day it will still be a nothing but a rock .

I'm sorry I posted any of this now . I really don't care anymore about politcal agendas .

Name:	hounddog -	Reply
Subject:	Excuse me
Date:	9/2/2015 6:53:18 AM

I was referring to Wix .Fogive me for getting involved in this political stuff at all . It won't happen again

Name:	rude evin -	Reply
Subject:	Who is this guy referring to??
Date:	9/2/2015 9:06:50 AM

LOL.................boy, that scatter shot hit a lot of unintended targets................thanks for the entertainment!!!

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Wix - sorry
Date:	9/2/2015 10:13:49 AM

I didn't realize that you work for Walmart. I'm sure your rabid defense of Walmart will earn you an extra hour or two this week.

I buy my gas at Costco at an excellent price.  Costco manages to pay its employees a living wage.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Hounddog
Date:	9/2/2015 10:15:31 AM

Don't let it get to you  Most of us recognize Wix for what he is. 

Name:	architect -	Reply
Subject:	Thanks
Date:	9/2/2015 10:27:48 AM

I appreciate HDawg's clarification.

Wixieland, you are the perfect amalgam of the class clown, village idiot, crazy uncle and angry old man.  I know you are filled with misinformation, but you are harmless because you are never able to articulate it and your off the wall rants make most of the rest of us look really good!  Thanks for all your efforts.

Name:	waterph -	Reply
Subject:	Thanks
Date:	9/2/2015 1:15:44 PM

Hillary = WIX?????

Hillary Rodham Clinton likened Republican presidential candidates to fundamentalist terrorists with brutal or repressive views about women on Thursday, a significant escalation of her rhetoric about GOP positions on abortion that her campaign sees as a major vulnerability in the general election.

"Extreme views about women? We expect that from some of the terrorist groups. We expect that from people who don’t want to live in the modern world," Clinton said. "But it’s a little hard to take coming from Republicans who want to be the president of the United States."

Name:	architect -	Reply
Subject:	I'm no Hillary fan
Date:	9/2/2015 2:48:35 PM

but on the GOP's actual or perceived attitude toward women and women's issues it might be best to listen to what women in general think instead of what the GOP talking points tell you to think and if the shoe fits....etc

Name:	MrHodja -	Reply
Subject:	I'm no Hillary fan
Date:	9/2/2015 3:08:59 PM

Or Hillary.

Name:	architect -	Reply
Subject:	Well Mr H
Date:	9/2/2015 6:35:57 PM (updated 9/2/2015 6:36:36 PM)

I wouldn't say Hillary would be the best to give the straight scoop, but she is a darn site better bet than Ted Cruz or Rick Santorim.

Name:	JohnGalt -	Reply
Subject:	Well Mr H
Date:	9/2/2015 8:39:54 PM

I would pay money to see a debate between Hillary and Cruz.

Name:	MrHodja -	Reply
Subject:	Well Mr H
Date:	9/2/2015 9:56:36 PM

We will agree to disagree on that one, at least as far as Cruz goes.  Santorum is just a presidential candidate junkie with, in my opinion, nothing to offer.  Cruz at least has principles.

Name:	MrHodja -	Reply
Subject:	And....
Date:	9/2/2015 9:59:53 PM

careful there, your claims of independence are further eroded by your attacks on the right and passes given to the left.

Name:	architect -	Reply
Subject:	Interesting and disappointing
Date:	9/3/2015 9:00:26 AM

but not a surprise that not a single one of the usual right (WAY RIGHT) of center usual suspects on the forum have answered my question raised in my first post on this string ..."Yep that's a problem".  Typical...always rant at the "problem" but never answer a reasonable question offer an alternative solution.

Name:	architect -	Reply
Subject:	And....
Date:	9/3/2015 9:07:03 AM (updated 9/3/2015 9:09:59 AM)

Mr H l completely agree that Ted Cruz is true to his convictions and that is generally to be admired.  My point was that to get an accurate read on how women feel about the GOP policy in issues of interest to women one might be wise to ask women...not Ted Cruz.  He will be glad to tell you how HE feels and how women SHOULD feel.  Mr. H I think you are married and as such you will likely agree with me that only bad can come when you, without invitation, offer to explain your wife's opinion about anything.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	And....
Date:	9/3/2015 11:48:13 AM

  Excellent point!!

I think the vast majority of women would like men, and the government, to stay out of their reproductive and health issues, unless it involves curing women's cancers and/or birth defects.

In my opinion, Ted Cruz wants to tell everyone how they should think/believe about everything - and I don't want to live in his vision of America. In my mind, it is a thin line between how he thinks and how the Taliban thinks. 

Name:	architect -	Reply
Subject:	And....
Date:	9/3/2015 2:31:09 PM

It is disturbing to realize how many of our elected "leaders" espouse the philosophy of "Don't do as I do, do as I say do"... A big chunk of them are running for the GOP nomination to run for president!

Name:	Lighthouse -	Reply
Subject:	And....
Date:	9/3/2015 8:07:55 PM

Right now the #1 is the prez.

Name:	architect -	Reply
Subject:	And....
Date:	9/23/2015 10:23:27 AM

Hound, the sad thing is that so many of the posters on this forum would consider your facetious reply perfectly reasonable.  Do you think this guy purposely upped the price 5000% with the idea he could then react to the outrage by lowering the increase to a still outrageous 1000% ($13.50 to $150) but get good press for being so reasonable in the face of criticisms?