graham wrote:
> On 22/12/2015 12:22 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> On 23/12/2015 04:44 graham wrote:
>>
>>> On 21/12/2015 9:50 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:47:10 -0600, Sqwertz >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:44:56 -0700, graham wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> About 10
>>>>>> years ago I was shopping around for deals for baby formula and my
>>>>>> locally owned supermarket was 30% cheaper than Walmart, and that
>>>>>> was the
>>>>>> regular price.
>>>>>
>>>>> Walmart here in the U.S. charges the maximum they can for baby formula
>>>>> because WIC pays for it - a government welfare program that
>>>>> reimburses grocery stores for the retail cost of the product. And all
>>>>> those WIC recipients just love Walmart, so that's where they buy it
>>>>> because the retail price doesn't matter to them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Walmart is very good at extracting as much money as they can from the
>>>>> Government. Half of Walmart's workforce qualifies for food stamps and
>>>>> other public assistance programs.
>>>>
>>>> Even though they have a job? You've gotta love unbridled capitalism!
>>>>
>>> At long, long last, farmers in Alberta are being legislated to conform
>>> to the same labour laws as every other business. Of course, like all
>>> farmers, they are whining about having to change.
>>> However, the most egregious example is that of a greenhouse owner who
>>> has announced that next year will be his last in business because he
>>> will have to pay his workers overtime, holiday and vacation pay!
>>
>> He's basically saying that his company was never economically viable.
>>
> Yes! He deserves to go out of business!

Deserve's got nothing to do with it, commie.