[quote=paramount][quote=Trojan4Life]I think if Walmart’s 1.5 million US associates were affected by the 12% unemployment rate, we’d be in even a worse mess. I have 500-600 people apply for every vacant job we post. We are not the problem, Captcha…[/quote]

Not sure I would agree with that – isn’t it true that businesses and communities are really negatively impacted in the area around Wal Mart’s?

Also, $11/hour (or slightly more) is not even a living wage IMO.[/quote]

What about the argument that Walmart employees are by and large retail employees and thus don’t really deserve “living wages”? How many complain about the presumably low pay at a Rite-Aid, CVS or Walgreens? Are those all union shops? I never hear the anti-Walmart stuff leveled at Target. Does Tarjay pay that much better? I’m guessing Target doesn’t have the rep for hammering its suppliers on prices.