[opendtv] Re: "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?"
- From: Allan Peach <peach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:34:35 -0800
There is an interesting report on Wal-Mart from the THE DEMOCRATIC
STAFF OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES. It can be downloaded at
http://edworkforce.house.gov/democrats/WALMARTREPORT.pdf. It describes
how Wal-Mart keeps their pricing low, by passing normal business costs
to state and local governments, gutting small businesses, promoting
outsourcing, hiring illegal aliens, working their employees
off-the-clock, and discriminating against women.
More relevant to this forum, some Wal-Marts, if not all, will not sell
letter-boxed videos, forcing large DVD producers like MGM Home
Entertainment, to create pan-and-scan versions of their products for
sale to Wal-Mart. Better products, indeed!
As for PBS being left-leaning, this is the network that succumbed to
funding fears and banned two Academy Award winning Documentaries,
numerous "controversial programs", and a Woody Allen comedy special.
I do favor outsourcing PBS to Europe, however, as it would replace
those endless Yanni concert fund raisers with a good old-fashioned
Jerry Lewis Film Festival.
On Nov 22, 2004, at 5:12 AM, Henry Baker wrote:
> Other than the standard PBS left-leaning agenda, this is an
> interesting program. Here is a company that is winning the
> old-fashioned way -- bringing better products to the consumer
> at lower prices -- and they get trashed for cutting off high
> cost suppliers and drawing customers away from high-priced
> competitors.
>
> Why doesn't PBS move to Europe, where it belongs ?
>
> At 07:45 AM 11/21/2004, Monty Solomon wrote:
>> FRONTLINE
>>
>> Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
>> November 16, 2004
>> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
>>
>> Watch online
>> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/
>
>
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