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2013-07-11 -Land of the Free

D.C. Council approves 'living wage' bill over Wal-Mart ultimatum

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Posted by Fred 2013-07-11 11:42|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Aha The compulsory unemployment. Obviously a ply to keep the low productivity on benefits rather than work their way from the democrat plantation.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-07-11 12:05|| 2013-07-11 12:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Cut your losses, Wal-Mart, and build stores just over the line in Maryland (near a D.C. bus or Metro stop).

Posted by Barbara 2013-07-11 13:12|| 2013-07-11 13:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Barbara, IIRC, Prince George's and Montgomery Counties aren't much better than DC.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-07-11 13:22|| 2013-07-11 13:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Fucked yourself, didn't you D.C. Council, Of course you'll blame Wall Mart for refusing your "Ultimatum" But you don't get those jobs.

No cumshaw for you.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-07-11 14:45|| 2013-07-11 14:45|| Front Page Top

#5 "D.C. politicians gave final approval Wednesday to a bill requiring some large retailers to pay their employees a 50 percent premium over the city's minimum wage"

"Some" large retailers? Could it be that other large retailers get a pass because they are unionized?

Posted by JohnQC 2013-07-11 15:39|| 2013-07-11 15:39|| Front Page Top

#6 John Q wins the Qupie Doll

Posted by Deacon Blues 2013-07-11 15:49|| 2013-07-11 15:49|| Front Page Top

#7 They dont need jobs in DC. Their point is the government will care for them. How dare those of us the the flyover states demand the people of DC work for a living...

Posted by 49 Pan 2013-07-11 16:52|| 2013-07-11 16:52|| Front Page Top

#8 I once asked a lib, "Why do you hate WM but love tar-jeh, its the same kind of store doing the same thing?"

He looked at me like I was speaking Klingon and gargling kitten heads at the same time.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-07-11 17:46|| 2013-07-11 17:46|| Front Page Top

#9 You're probably right, Rambler. :-(

Maybe free (or very cheap) busses from a Metro station/bus stop near the Potomac to a special Wal-Mart in Northern Virginia? [Of course, they're probably just as crazy in NoVa. :-( ]

Posted by Barbara 2013-07-11 18:27|| 2013-07-11 18:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Barbara, maybe so in Arlington/Alexandria. And Fairfax county too. Not so much in Prince William, Stafford and Spotsylvania counties.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-07-11 18:58|| 2013-07-11 18:58|| Front Page Top

#11 The campaign was matched with cash. Through its charitable foundation, Wal-Mart made $3.8 million in donations last year to city organizations including D.C. Central Kitchen and the Capitol Area Food Bank. It has kept a prominent local lobbyist, David W. Wilmot, on a $10,000-a-month retainer.

Oftentimes the bribes don't work with this type of clietele.

Posted by Besoeker in the Mtns. 2013-07-11 19:12|| 2013-07-11 19:12|| Front Page Top

#12 Walley's Mart has provided more access to the lower income classes to the staples and garbs of life than any government program. Instead of being appreciated, the sock puppets of unionism would prefer the less fortunate to do without than one more union 'enforcer' have to forgo funding the union leadership.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-07-11 19:13|| 2013-07-11 19:13|| Front Page Top

#13 The Dept. of Agriculture will have to make some minor EBT adjustments. Think pizza....they want it delivered to their couch.

Posted by Besoeker in the Mtns. 2013-07-11 19:16|| 2013-07-11 19:16|| Front Page Top

#14 It reminds me of "The Chicken that laid the Golden Eggs"tale, the D.C. Council is killing the chicken to get at the eggs.

Won't work.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-07-11 21:19|| 2013-07-11 21:19|| Front Page Top

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