Comments on: 113841545178167884 http://elginite.org/blog/2006/01/27/113841545178167884/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:10:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: The Elginite http://elginite.org/blog/2006/01/27/113841545178167884/#comment-33 The Elginite Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:06:00 +0000 http://elginite.org/blog/2006/01/27/113841545178167884/#comment-33 Thanks for the input! Thanks for the input!

]]> By: Anonymous http://elginite.org/blog/2006/01/27/113841545178167884/#comment-32 Anonymous Mon, 30 Jan 2006 04:23:00 +0000 http://elginite.org/blog/2006/01/27/113841545178167884/#comment-32 I recently bought a washer and a dryer and checked the Consumer Reports guide. According to CR, the best places to buy appliances are at small local stores, because that's where you get knowledgable service. Just try asking someone at Walmart for help choosing tools or household goods! Not only has Walmart run out of business the family-owned stores that exemplified the American Dream, they've taken jobs away from blue collar people who used to work in U.S. factories. (Virtually everything at Walmart is made overseas for almost nothing.) In spite of being among the world's richest companies, Walmart tells its workers to get medical benefits from the government rather than give them a health plan. We're talking about thousands, even ten thousands of Walmart employees, sucking up welfare funds per state. Did I mention the fact that Walmart spies on its employees (who can't even eat together in the lunch room) for fear of unionization? Or all the rapes and murders that happen in Walmart parking lots while the stores are using security cameras *inside the stores* to ensure that workers don't talk to one another? I remember when shopping in Elgin meant going downtown and buying American-made products from salaried salespeople at Ackemann's and Spiess. My aunt, who worked in one of those stores, was able to take her kids to the doctor if they got sick. Now Elgin's gone to hell with the rest of suburbia. I recently bought a washer and a dryer and checked the Consumer Reports guide. According to CR, the best places to buy appliances are at small local stores, because that’s where you get knowledgable service. Just try asking someone at Walmart for help choosing tools or household goods!

Not only has Walmart run out of business the family-owned stores that exemplified the American Dream, they’ve taken jobs away from blue collar people who used to work in U.S. factories. (Virtually everything at Walmart is made overseas for almost nothing.)

In spite of being among the world’s richest companies, Walmart tells its workers to get medical benefits from the government rather than give them a health plan. We’re talking about thousands, even ten thousands of Walmart employees, sucking up welfare funds per state.

Did I mention the fact that Walmart spies on its employees (who can’t even eat together in the lunch room) for fear of unionization? Or all the rapes and murders that happen in Walmart parking lots while the stores are using security cameras *inside the stores* to ensure that workers don’t talk to one another?

I remember when shopping in Elgin meant going downtown and buying American-made products from salaried salespeople at Ackemann’s and Spiess. My aunt, who worked in one of those stores, was able to take her kids to the doctor if they got sick. Now Elgin’s gone to hell with the rest of suburbia.

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