Really Wal-Mart? UPDATE

            When people try to defend the Wal-Mart company, I just shake my head and question how they can do this. The abuses and violations that the company commits on a daily basis is enough to make anyone sick, so why would there be support for it at all (oh yea, I forgot, rich business LIKE exploiting their employees and foreign workers!)? On top of this, there are numerous examples of the specific things that Wal-Mart does to make the company the atrocity that it is. One example would be how they have become one of the hypocritical companies that used to scream "WE ONLY USE AMERICAN MADE PRODUCTS!!!" at you, but then once the 1990's hit, they shipped most of their product-making factory jobs overseas. This devastated whole communities across America, as there were thousands of people who became unemployed because they lost their job to a foreign worker who agreed to work for anywhere from $7-$14 less than them. How dare Wal-Mart claim to be a "Made in America" company when they eventually turn around and ship their factory jobs overseas? "Made in America" means MADE IN AMERICA, and that should just be the way that it is. Also, by shipping the jobs to Asian countries that have poor human rights records, the company is creating a living hell for their workers. Wal-Mart claims that they are creating more jobs and a better life for the workers, but this is simply not true. Proof you ask for? Look no further than the film Wal-Mart: The High Price of Low Cost  for proof. Secondly, they treat their American employees like crap. The company only insures 50% of its employees (Nordlinger 2004), but then they literally encourage people in some stores to apply for welfare and Medicaid benefits in order to receive health coverage. How can the biggest company in the world be asking its employees to have taxpayers pay for their health coverage?!?! And, how do you think the prices are able to stay so low? Well, that's simple: they pay people such low wages that they can afford to do that! In 2001, the average wage was $8.13, meaning that a person would make $13,861 a year. That is not nearly enough to live on! They also have been reported to not pay overtime to their employees, and this is just unacceptable. Thirdly, Wal-Mart quite literally doesn't allow unions within its borders. Whenever a group of workers tries to put together a union, Wal-Mart sends a specialized "anti-union team" (what company even has one of these?!?!) to break up the pending agreement. The fact that Wal-Mart doesn't want to be unionized shows how greedy the corporate runners are- they could give two craps about the little guy, the employee who runs their business. So when taking a look at Wal-Mart the next time that you see it, think about what the company is really all about. Maybe you'll come to the same conclusion as me. . . Wal-Mart SUCKS!!