Bruce wrote:
> On 22/12/2015 22:41 Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 1:36:38 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>> On 22/12/2015 17:28 sf wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:50:22 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:47:10 -0600, Sqwertz >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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!
>>>>
>>>> We even have a term for them: working poor. Also, they're blamed for
>>>> being poor and called lazy - even though many of them hold several
>>>> part time jobs trying to make ends meet.
>>>
>>> Maybe your country needs that Sanders guy more than Clinton or Trump.
>>
>> Probably, but since he'd have to work with a legislature whose entire
>> philosophy is to strangle the government through lack of funding, it
>> really wouldn't matter; nothing he proposes would be accomplished.
>
> Didn't the US always have strong labor unions?

Past tense dipshit.

> Why do they allow Walmart
> to pay employees too little to live off?

Because they're not unionized, duh.

That's why the rest of us can AFFORD to shop there.