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Summary: Wal-Mart 'America's Next Terrorist'
Review: This book was an eye-opener. Every Wal-Mart shopper must read this book. It's not a difficult read and all the business and political mumbo jumbo is broken down. After reading it, you'll never want to shop there again, it's that moving. American society is in real danger of a business monoply that most of us never saw coming.
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Summary: Wal-Mart 'America's Next Terrorist'
Review: This book was an eye-opener. Every Wal-Mart shopper must read this book. It's not a difficult read and all the business and political mumbo jumbo is broken down. After reading it, you'll never want to shop there again, it's that moving. American society is in real danger of a business monoply that most of us never saw coming.
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Summary: Thank You.
Review: This is a great book. I found it by accident while looking through the magazine isle, someone misplaced it there thank God. For some reason I knew Wal-Mart was doing these things but I couldn't get the proof but now I have it. I am so relieved that I am not the only one against Wal-Mart and can see through it's evil ways. I think someday Wal-Mart is going to get so big it will collapse within itself because of the greed. Thank you for this book and I am fighting Walmart all the way.
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Summary: Get a life!!
Review: This man is obsessed with wal-mart. If he hates them as much as he states,he should move to a country where capitalistic pigs are not allowed...then he would understand the difference between a free market economy and a command ecomony. As stated by someone I know not..."It's not perfect, but it's way ahead of what's in second place". Sure there are internal and external problems with wal-mart and every other large corporation. I agree with the other book review writer who stated that Mr. Quinn makes small town folk look incapable of making decisions as to their shopping preferences. If they are treated so badly, they wouldn't shop there and wal-mart would close. Mr. Quinn's problem with wal-mart is personal. America, and the world, vote with their dollars and apparently overwhelmingly support wal-mart's concept.
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Summary: this is just another conspercy against wal-mart
Review: wal-mart is the best thing to happen to this worl
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Summary: You knew it was happening, now find out how and why...
Review: What Wal Mart does is no different then what other giant corporations do. Big businesses like Walmart don't care about the little people they hurt and how they do it. What Walmart does is pretend it "looking out for America" and "helping the community". To use a tired phrase, "Don't believe the hype". Get this book to understand what I am talking about. When they say "Wal-Mart, Always.." they mean they will ALWAYS be around, after running Kmart, Ames,Hills, ( insert local business here), into the ground.
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Summary: AVOID WAL-STINK-MARTS
Review: Who hasn't been inside one of these cesspools of filth? I cannot lower myself enough to shop inside these dumps. Upon entering one of these airline hangars of slave labor, I am overcome with sympathy for the poor (usually elderly) person paid to "greet" you at the door, as if that is supposed to engender warmth, of walking into a humble abode. After that begins an auditory, visual and olfactory assault upon the senses. The stink of fast food wafts throughout. Filthy, dirty floors being trod upon by barefoot parents and their screaming, woebegone rats, uh, I mean children. Cheap, imported sweatshop merchandise scattered EVERYWHERE. In order to create some semblance of dignity for their employees, they are called "associates" (oooh, like a law firm! when can I start!). Their television ads are godawful, always trying to look like a hip place to shop - which they will NEVER be. I do not mean entirely to mock those who shop there. In fact these scum merchants may be what allows them to survive day to day. It is a vicious cycle. It is known that Wal-Mart is virulently anti-union, antagonistic toward any effort toward collective bargaining for its workers. The stories of communities fighting to keep this exploitative, parasitic corporation out are legion throughout America. Avoid shopping them at all costs.
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Summary: Walmart is convenient, but it is downright destructive...
Review: You know what, I haven't read this book. I just know plenty about walmart practices from other books I've read. First of all, walmart employs more Americans than any other corporation. As much as Americans give back to places like Walmart, and as much money as WALMART is making, they still pay their workers next to nothing, and almost all of the workers only get to work part-time (a cost-cutting measure so that they would not be entitled to benefits - like health care). And don't you dare try to unionize in America, you'll get fired before that happens (and there are many cases of this), although in Canada and China (two countries with lower GDP's than ours, they are actively trying to get unionized).
When Walmart comes to your town, your town takes a hit. First of all, Walmart has EVERYTHING, which is a convenient thing for us, but not for the small businesses from the local downtown. You see, Walmart buys a lot, and I mean a lot of merchandise. So they get the best prices, and so they can offer the huge discounts. And which vendor would not wanna have deals with walmart? It's a gold mine. The mom and pop stores only buy a few of each item, therefore their discount is not as steep, and they can't provide you with the same discounts as walmart.
It's been proven that in almost every town walmart lands, small businesses die. It's proven that when walmart arrives, downtowns become ghost towns and the major hotspot becomes walmart, good for walmart, but bad for those wanting to start their own business.. You need food, dvd, toys, camera, hangers... it's all at walmart. They are in many ways a monopoly.
I'm not even going to get into what they do internationally, just read "the best democracy money can buy" by Greg Palast.
Anyway, walmart is doing so well, the least they can do is give back to the people who made it by providing wages one can survive on and health care.
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