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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 05:55 AM Original message |
Did you know that more than 80% of all products sold at Walmart are foreign made due to FreeTrade? |
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pkz (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. yes...and they are junk |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 06:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It is. And the pollution is choking it and killing its children. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Walmart has become a junk store. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Ironically, you can find a LOT of US made products in Dollar Tree. |
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WVRICK13 (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. Free Trade |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. WalMart is a subsidiary of China. nt |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Don't forget to thank Jackson Stephens, Poppy Bush, and Bill Clinton. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Does that mean almost 20% of them aren't |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. And overpriced because Walmart basically has monopoly status |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Remember this: |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. Since I Avoid Wally World... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. I guess I'm surprised it's *only* 80%. |
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Broke In Jersey (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 07:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I thought the exact same thing...only 80%? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. 80%?? I'm not sure I've ever seen anything there made here. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. the other 20% was probably assembled from imported parts |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. And it's not "foreign" made in countries with strong labor and environmental and labor standards. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
14. Watch Greenwald's "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. I don't shop at Walmart. |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. Don't they all have percentages like this now? |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. Since as far as i know |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. But Wal-Mart is a nice, decent person with a happy smiley face |
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