Quote Originally Posted by DaveStewart View Post
The problem might be that John lives in Sri Lanka working for Wal Mart making those shirts. He wakes up and finds the tea leaves he has been using for a month to make his morning tea and is thankful that Wal Mart pays him 20.00 a week and he only has to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. He dreams of the possibility that he might get a couple more meals out of the rotting monkey meat the company gave him last week as a bonus for putting in 40 hours of overtime. He is so thankful that the great American Company has chosen his country to manufacture their goods rather than having those arrogant American workers do it for them that are demanding such ridiculous wages....imagine, wanting to be paid enough money to send their children to schools rather than have them work in the factories like their parents and not to mention their outragous demands to want to own a whole house to themselves and buy fresh food for their families. So what if John made 3000 shirts last week and only got paid 20.00 for his effort....he figures Wal Mart deserves to make that big profit they are making by having their goods made here in Sri Lanka instead of the U.S.A...they are taking such great care of his family.
Wal Mart distributes products, I don't think they manufacture anything. I disagree they are the evil empire they're often made out to be. Also don't believe they are the reason people in some other countries are poor and hungry. Never once heard of them dispensing monkey meat in Sri Lanka.

I've spent a considerable amount of time in other countries working with people employed by American companies. In every case they are treated fairly and paid better than other jobs available to them.