"Nodog, lets ask people I know who are to this day still slugging out the same menial jobsthey have for the last 10+ years how much richer they are because of Walmart's sharing of profits with them? When Sam Walton ran walmart that may have been the case but not in the last 10 yrs. I have no beef with Sam Walton, he was a good person and atrue visionary among merchants in his day. HOWEVER... I firmly beleive Sam is rolling in his grave at howhis baby grew up, grew ugly, and grew mean. I KNOW the way they do buisness, I KNOW how they treat their employees."

Well from what I know they are not going to see any of their profits until they retire so if they are still there... Care to elaborate on how they do thingsnow? From what you know personally.Why are they still there?

"Sam Walton cared about people. That's howhe built his business. Modern day walmart execs care more about their $9 no-caf, 2%, cinamon/vanilla late than they do Joe Schmoe sweeping the floors."

Really, I know people who work there and have for some time. You'd think they would have left by now. Must be the slave owner thing I hear so much about.

"I doubt that Ice Cream Shop is strong-armingtheir suppliers to provide sub-par products just so they can be the cheapest in town. How you can say any small business owner can employ the same tactics as walmart, I'll never know. No SBO can afford the mass qtys required for teh clout to even pretend to act like walmart."

That's just it you don't know. Sub-par, please. They offer the same things as many other stores in the area offer. Your loosing me.The Ice cream store is a national chain of stores DQ but there is none thatI've ever beenin like this one. He doesn't know the meaningof small and he doesn't charge an arm or leg for a scoop, if you can get him to give you just one.This guy acts just like walmart, his clout in town is that he also owns a pub, a flower shop, some rentals and various other things. Each one he runs with not only the consideration of the product but it's cost to the consumer and the public greatly appreciates it, just like Walmart. Ask the other 23 ice cream stores he's buried how they feel about it and you'll get the same excuses you'd here concerning Wally world.

"Don't call people cry-babies, and bashers because they chose NOT TO IGNORE THE FACTS."

Again care to share any *personal* facts. I've groan tired of the union drool.