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'''Wal-Mart''' is America's largest employer,<ref>[[Christian Science Monitor]]. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0219/p01s04-usec.html Wal-Mart: world's largest company]</ref> running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by [[Sam Walton]] in Arkansas in 1962.  Walton was a [[Christian]] and tried to make his store pro-family.  The current Wal-Mart CEO is Lee Scott. Wal-Mart also owns the "Asda" chain of superstores across the [[United Kingdom]].
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'''Walmart''' is America's largest private employer,<ref>[[Christian Science Monitor]]. [https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0219/p01s04-usec.html Wal-Mart: world's largest company]</ref> running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by [[Sam Walton]] in Arkansas in 1962.  Walton was a [[Christian]] and tried to make his store pro-family.  The current Walmart CEO is Lee Scott. Walmart also owns the "Sam's Club" chain of wholesale stores and the "Asda" chain of superstores across the [[United Kingdom]].
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It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company is becoming increasingly liberal, announcing in September 2019 that it would stop selling handgun ammunition.<ref>Mass, Warren (September 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/33326-a-constitutionalist-view-walmart-to-stop-selling-handgun-ammunition A Constitutionalist View: Walmart to Stop Selling Handgun Ammunition]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 4, 2019.</ref>
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[[File:Walmart2.png.png|right|300[x|thumb|Walmart, which sells goods manufactured by Chinese [[slave]] labor to undercut and destroy American jobs, and operates over 1,000 stores in [[Communist China]], used [[Communist]] [[agitprop]] to attack and slander over 75 million American voters.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/30/josh-hawley-slams-walmart-twitter-sore-loser/</ref>]]
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Walmart is often the subject of criticism for allegedly paying low [[wage]]s with insufficient [[fringe benefit|health benefits]] and allegedly forcing "Mom and Pop" stores out of business.  It was also criticized for supporting [[homosexuality]]<ref>[http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2006/08/21/4 "Wal-Mart launches gay-friendly initiative" August 21, 2006]</ref> and for not dispensing [[abortion]] inducing drugs at its pharmacies.  The company's defenders reply that Walmart tries to uphold a family value system and is a well-known provider of decent employment and affordable merchandise across America and the rest of the world.  Walmart's wages average significantly higher than minimum wage, which may explain why nearly 2 million people choose to work for Walmart.
  
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It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.
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It has also been criticized for selling imports of products manufactured in [[China]]<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html Is Wal-Mart good for America?]</ref> despite the fact that most other retailers also sell Chinese imports. Walmart has asked Premiere Radio Networks not to air its commercials during [[Rush Limbaugh|The Rush Limbaugh Show]].<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/12/442673/141-companies-advertisng-rush-limbaugh/?mobile=nc Thinkprogress.org]</ref>
  
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Wal-Mart is often the subject of criticism for allegedly paying low [[wage]]s with insufficient [[fringe benefit|health benefits]] and allegedly forcing "Mom and Pop" stores out of business.  It was also criticized for supporting [[homosexuality]]<ref>[http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2006/08/21/4 "Wal-Mart launches gay-friendly initiative" August 21, 2006]</ref> and for not dispensing [[abortion]] inducing drugs at its pharmacies.  The company's defenders reply that Wal-Mart tries to uphold a family value system and is a well-known provider of decent employment and affordable merchandise across America and the rest of the world.  Wal-Mart's wages average significantly higher than minimum wage, which may explain why nearly 2 million people choose to work for Wal-Mart.
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Walmart was America's premier example of free-market economics
  
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It has also been criticized for selling imports of products manufactured in [[China]].<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html Is Wal-Mart good for America?]</ref>  
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* when Walmart opens its supercenters—variety plus grocery stores—in a community, the average grocery prices in that community fall by 13 percent. Even the people who don't shop at Walmart benefit from its presence.<ref>http://americandreamcoalition.org/automobility/automobility.html</ref>
  
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==Wal-Mart in the U.K.==
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Walmart was recently listed as one of numerous leftist-controlled companies that have gone "[[woke]]" and now support the criminal rioters of [[Antifa]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] in the wake of the [[2020 leftist riots]].<ref>[https://gab.com/a/posts/104311289660016704 Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead] at Gab.com</ref>
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Wal-Mart entered the U.K. in 1999 following its purchase of the Asda supermarket chain, taking over around 300 stores which remain under the Asda brand name. Wal-Mart's performance, however, has failed to meet Wall Street's expectations, and its 16% share of British grocery spending has not changed over the last eight years, partly because of the company's inability to pursue its usual expansion strategy of oversaturating markets. In the United States Wal-Mart has driven its growth by building massive superstores that dwarf all of a town's existing businesses combined and that are spaced relatively close together across a region. This strategy has enabled Wal-Mart to overwhelm local economies and force out tens of thousands of small businesses through over-development.
 
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[[Image:Asda.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The company's U.K. logo]]
 
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Wal-Mart has had more difficulty employing this tactic in the U.K. due to the legislation known as "Planning Policy Statement 6" (''PPS6''), which requires local governments to keep retail development in town centers and to limit retail development on the outskirts unless there is a clear, well-defined need.<ref>''Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres'' [http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/1020432884848.html Planning Portal]. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref> Wal-Mart has lobbied heavily for the removal of the "needs test".
 
  
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In 2006 Asda-Wal-Mart were ordered to pay $1.66 million for breaking U.K. law by offering illegal inducements to workers to quit a trade union. Around 340 drivers and warehouse staff at a distribution depot in the north-east of England were offered a 10% pay rise if they left the union. The members rejected the offer. A court established that the legislation had been breached and the company was ordered to pay every worker at the depot almost $5000 each in compensation.<ref>''Asda fined for trying to make workers quit union'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/feb/11/supermarkets.tradeunions The Guardian], 11 February 2006. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref>
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==Walmart in the U.K.==
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Walmart entered the U.K. in 1999 following its purchase of the Asda supermarket chain, taking over around 300 stores which remain under the Asda brand name. Walmart's performance, however, has failed to meet Wall Street's expectations, and its 16% share of British grocery spending has not changed over the last eight years, partly because of the company's inability to pursue its usual expansion strategy of oversaturating markets. In the United States Walmart has driven its growth by building massive superstores that dwarf all of a town's existing businesses combined and that are spaced relatively close together across a region. This strategy has enabled Walmart to overwhelm local economies and force out tens of thousands of small businesses through overdevelopment.
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[[Image:Asda.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The company's U.K. logo]]
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Walmart has had more difficulty employing this tactic in the U.K. due to the legislation known as "Planning Policy Statement 6" (''PPS6''), which requires local governments to keep retail development in town centers and to limit retail development on the outskirts unless there is a clear, well-defined need.<ref>''Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres'' [http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/1020432884848.html Planning Portal]. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref> Wal-Mart has lobbied heavily for the removal of the "needs test".
  
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In December 2007 Asda-Wal Mart was one of several companies that were fined over $225 million after admitting that they fixed the price of milk, cheese and butter in a scandal estimated to have cost U.K. consumers about $526 million.<ref>''Supermarkets fined for price fixing'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/08/supermarkets.asda The Guardian], 8 December 2007. Accesed 22 January 2008</ref>
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In 2006 Asda-Walmart were ordered to pay £850,000 for breaking U.K. law by offering illegal inducements to workers to quit a trade union. Around 340 drivers and warehouse staff at a distribution depot in the north-east of England were offered a 10% pay rise if they left the union. The members rejected the offer. A court established that the legislation had been breached and the company was ordered to pay every worker at the depot £2,500 each in compensation.<ref>''Asda fined for trying to make workers quit union'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/feb/11/supermarkets.tradeunions The Guardian], 11 February 2006. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref>
  
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In December 2007 Asda-Walmart was one of several companies that were fined over £116 million after admitting that they fixed the price of milk, cheese and butter in a scandal estimated to have cost U.K. consumers about £270 million.<ref>''Supermarkets fined for price fixing'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/08/supermarkets.asda The Guardian], 8 December 2007. Accessed 22 January 2008</ref>
  
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==Political contributions==
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The employees of Walmart Stores Incorporated generally favor Republican candidates in terms of campaign contributions. In 2012, 53% of donations from the company (including employees) went to Republican candidates, vs. 47% to Democrats. 100% of major contributions from Walmart Pharmacy associates went to Republican candidates in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000367&cycle=2012|title=Wal-Mart Stores: Totals|accessdate=2012-12-05|work=Opensecrets.org|publisher=The Center for Responsive Politics}}</ref>This is a typical outcome, year after year.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000367&cycle=2018</ref>
  
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Wal-Mart said it will test sales in some [[store]]s of [[biblical]] [[action figure]]s whose makers (the [[toy]]s are made by [http://store.messengersoffaith.net/ One2believe]) say they are aimed at [[Christian]] [[parent]]s who prefer their [[children]] play with [[Samson]], [[David]] or [[Noah]] rather than with a [[comic book character]] or [[Bratz doll]]. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289689,00.html</ref>
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==References==
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One2Believe needs people to buy their toys at the Wal-Mart stores which sell them so that Wal-Mart will see that they sell well and offer them at every store.
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*[http://www.walmartstores.com Corporate website]
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*[http://www.walmart.com Walmart retail website]
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*[http://www.asda.co.uk ASDA website]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 02:25, December 6, 2025

The Wal-Mart logo and slogan

Walmart is America's largest private employer,[1] running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by Sam Walton in Arkansas in 1962. Walton was a Christian and tried to make his store pro-family. The current Walmart CEO is Lee Scott. Walmart also owns the "Sam's Club" chain of wholesale stores and the "Asda" chain of superstores across the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company is becoming increasingly liberal, announcing in September 2019 that it would stop selling handgun ammunition.[2]

Walmart, which sells goods manufactured by Chinese slave labor to undercut and destroy American jobs, and operates over 1,000 stores in Communist China, used Communist agitprop to attack and slander over 75 million American voters.[3]

Walmart is often the subject of criticism for allegedly paying low wages with insufficient health benefits and allegedly forcing "Mom and Pop" stores out of business. It was also criticized for supporting homosexuality[4] and for not dispensing abortion inducing drugs at its pharmacies. The company's defenders reply that Walmart tries to uphold a family value system and is a well-known provider of decent employment and affordable merchandise across America and the rest of the world. Walmart's wages average significantly higher than minimum wage, which may explain why nearly 2 million people choose to work for Walmart.

It has also been criticized for selling imports of products manufactured in China[5] despite the fact that most other retailers also sell Chinese imports. Walmart has asked Premiere Radio Networks not to air its commercials during The Rush Limbaugh Show.[6]

Walmart was America's premier example of free-market economics

  • when Walmart opens its supercenters—variety plus grocery stores—in a community, the average grocery prices in that community fall by 13 percent. Even the people who don't shop at Walmart benefit from its presence.[7]

Walmart was recently listed as one of numerous leftist-controlled companies that have gone "woke" and now support the criminal rioters of Antifa and Black Lives Matter in the wake of the 2020 leftist riots.[8]

Walmart in the U.K.

Walmart entered the U.K. in 1999 following its purchase of the Asda supermarket chain, taking over around 300 stores which remain under the Asda brand name. Walmart's performance, however, has failed to meet Wall Street's expectations, and its 16% share of British grocery spending has not changed over the last eight years, partly because of the company's inability to pursue its usual expansion strategy of oversaturating markets. In the United States Walmart has driven its growth by building massive superstores that dwarf all of a town's existing businesses combined and that are spaced relatively close together across a region. This strategy has enabled Walmart to overwhelm local economies and force out tens of thousands of small businesses through overdevelopment.

The company's U.K. logo

Walmart has had more difficulty employing this tactic in the U.K. due to the legislation known as "Planning Policy Statement 6" (PPS6), which requires local governments to keep retail development in town centers and to limit retail development on the outskirts unless there is a clear, well-defined need.[9] Wal-Mart has lobbied heavily for the removal of the "needs test".

In 2006 Asda-Walmart were ordered to pay £850,000 for breaking U.K. law by offering illegal inducements to workers to quit a trade union. Around 340 drivers and warehouse staff at a distribution depot in the north-east of England were offered a 10% pay rise if they left the union. The members rejected the offer. A court established that the legislation had been breached and the company was ordered to pay every worker at the depot £2,500 each in compensation.[10]

In December 2007 Asda-Walmart was one of several companies that were fined over £116 million after admitting that they fixed the price of milk, cheese and butter in a scandal estimated to have cost U.K. consumers about £270 million.[11]

Political contributions

The employees of Walmart Stores Incorporated generally favor Republican candidates in terms of campaign contributions. In 2012, 53% of donations from the company (including employees) went to Republican candidates, vs. 47% to Democrats. 100% of major contributions from Walmart Pharmacy associates went to Republican candidates in 2012.[12]This is a typical outcome, year after year.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Christian Science Monitor. Wal-Mart: world's largest company
  2. ↑ Mass, Warren (September 4, 2019). A Constitutionalist View: Walmart to Stop Selling Handgun Ammunition. The New American. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/30/josh-hawley-slams-walmart-twitter-sore-loser/
  4. ↑ "Wal-Mart launches gay-friendly initiative" August 21, 2006
  5. ↑ Is Wal-Mart good for America?
  6. ↑ Thinkprogress.org
  7. ↑ http://americandreamcoalition.org/automobility/automobility.html
  8. ↑ Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead at Gab.com
  9. ↑ Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres Planning Portal. Accessed 22 January 2008
  10. ↑ Asda fined for trying to make workers quit union The Guardian, 11 February 2006. Accessed 22 January 2008
  11. ↑ Supermarkets fined for price fixing The Guardian, 8 December 2007. Accessed 22 January 2008
  12. ↑ Wal-Mart Stores: Totals. Opensecrets.org. The Center for Responsive Politics. Retrieved on 2012-12-05.
  13. ↑ https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000367&cycle=2018

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