Amused
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Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: eits
Originally posted by: Amused
This is completely absurd, and will hopefully be shot down in the courts.
yeah, this is complete crap. that's not fair! the largest multinational corporation in the world SHOULD treat their employees like crap.... how dare maryland have enough balls to step forward and do the right thing. those maryland BASTARDS!
... give me a break. this is awesome. i hope every state starts this trend.
fvck walmart with a chainsaw.
Working at Walmart is a CHOICE. Not a right, nor an obligation. Those who work there do so by choice. If they choose to work at Walmart knowing they have an expensive health care plan (Walmart offers health care plans to all their employees after the probationary period) that is their CHOICE. If they CHOOSE to not buy Walmart's health care plan, that is their choice.
Walmart owes their employees NOTHING MORE than what was mutually agreed upon when the employment relationship started.
And since when is a health care plan even mandated by law? It NEVER has been, and never should be. It is a benefit offered VOLUNTARILY by employers to attract employees and compete with other employers for employees.
Obviously Walmart treats their employees well enough to employ millions of them... if they didn't, no one would want to work there.
And that drives nanny-state buffoons like you crazy. The general public wont react the way you wish they would, so you seek to control them through laws and regulations. It drives you bat-sh!t that Walmart is so popular, and so many people choose to work there even though you disapprove.
Nanny-state moralists like yourself are no better than religious moralists. You both seek to control others and force them to conform to your standards and morals. You're both authoritarian fascists.
How dare they be free to choose for themselves and fend for themselves, right?
And when Wal Mart drives other stores out of business? The fewer competitors, the less choice workers and consumers have, and the more like a communist state we actually are. Of course, Wal Mart also gets million dollar subsidies.
If the other stores cannot compete, they go by the wayside. That's the root of capitalism. But Walmart HAS competition. PLENTY of competition. That so-called "mom and pop" stores are dying is not, by any means, due to Walmart alone. The era of the "mom and pop" store has been long dead. People like Target, Walmart, grocery, and other retail chains have figured out how to deliver superior selections and prices by dealing in large volumes. If the "mom and pop" wanted to compete, they'd find investors, branch out, and realize that without high volume, they cannot compete on prices.
Communist state? Hardly. But if laws like this keep leading us down the slippery slope, we'll be there in no time at all as our freedoms erode and the nanny-state watches over us.