On 7/12/2013 9:53 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "casa bona" > wrote in message
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>> On 7/12/2013 1:12 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>> "casa bona" > wrote in message
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>>>> On 7/12/2013 12:52 PM, graham wrote:
>>>>> "casa bona" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> On 7/12/2013 12:41 PM, graham wrote:
>>>>>>> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:58:12 -0400, Cheryl >
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In DC, legislators voted and passed to require a "living wage" for
>>>>>>>>>> hourly rates paid to its employees. We had a conversation about
>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>> here recently.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The "living wage" they are required to pay is called a "super"
>>>>>>>>> minimum
>>>>>>>>> wage, $4 above what's expected of smaller businesses there. I'm
>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>> you'd probably call a "bleeding heart liberal" and I do not think
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> Walmart should be treated differently and required to pay a minimum
>>>>>>>>> wage that's higher than any other business in the area just because
>>>>>>>>> they can afford to pay it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Frankly, 3 stores planned for an area as small as DC is over
>>>>>>>>> kill...
>>>>>>>>> so if that's what DC needs to do to keep Walmart out - then so be
>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/0...almart-threats
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheryl, if you're being frogged - I'm disappointed that you haven't
>>>>>>>>> spoken out about it and if it's really you - I'm disappointed to
>>>>>>>>> see
>>>>>>>>> your true colors. I thought you were smarter than that, but such
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> life in rfc.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wal-Mart would pass on the cost and it has been estimated would cost
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> average shopper an additional 12 bucks a year.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Big deal.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wal-Mart pays their employees so little they qualify for welfare.
>>>>>>>> And
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> Walton family is worth more than 100 billion dollars.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> They not only can afford it but is about time they did.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I recall a debate once on the motion: "Behind every great fortune,
>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> a crime."
>>>>>>> Graham
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> So being wealthy is a crime?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Comprehension not your forte?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The Walton's have a "great fortune", what do you state is their "crime"?
>>>
>>> Greed.
>>
>> Can you read me from the US code what specific statute covers "greed"?
>>
>>> Face it dude, trickle down is a myth. And every day more and more
>>> former members of the middle class are getting trickled on.
>>
>> That's all rhetoric, not crime.
>>
>> I might have guessed this was just a class warfare rant.
>
> As Warren Buffet said - "This is class warfare. My class is winning."
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Says the so-called philanthropist.

Ok, he has donated wads of money.

But really, if capitalism is the real enemy, when do the lower echelon
winners get their comeupance?