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They built a new (unionized) Kroger right around the corner from my house. I love it. It's far superior in products and services to the (non-union) Albertsons that is nearby. The service and checkouts are also better, faster, friendlier and more professional than the non-union store. The prices are the same.

GoU

Are all Albertson's non-union?

I pretty much have them or super-mini-wannabe-wal-mart (super Target). The cool local owned grocery that we talked about (Rouses) is too far for weekly convenience. In fact, I've only been there once. Winn-Dixie sucks. Super 1 is not for every week. And Pigly Wiggly is again on the outskirts of town (other direction).

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My only question is at what rate should this gentleman be taxed after he sells his business?

The thread is basically you using a story to attack the "right wing". Every thread you start is in some way an attack on others. Since you have such a love affair with the guy I was wondering

He did build it. In your mind who built it? If he wasn't there investing and making decisions would the company just sprout and grow on its own? Did the government build it? Did a group of employees just band together and naturally form a business that was successful enough to grow? He was the most intergal part of the companies success, without him there would be no company.

If you want to tax him at the regular tax rate then you need to figure a way for him to tally the endless hours he spent where he didn't receive houly compensation. He recieved no guarantee that the investment he made would profit him anything. If we had a flate rate tax system then maybe you have a point.


There is no doubt the tax code needs to be thoroughly revised from top to bottom, but class warfare is not a path to prosperity for anyone. Do you believe the poor are better served by a "fair" tax code or one that brings in more revenue, which in turn benefits the poor?

They built a new (unionized) Kroger right around the corner from my house. I love it. It's far superior in products and services to the (non-union) Albertsons that is nearby. The service and checkouts are also better, faster, friendlier and more professional than the non-union store. The prices are the same.

GoU

They built a new (unionized) Kroger right around the corner from my house. I love it. It's far superior in products and services to the (non-union) Albertsons that is nearby. The service and checkouts are also better, faster, friendlier and more professional than the non-union store. The prices are the same.

GoU

You should thank Kroger management.

Kroger seems to be quite well-managed. Plus, they get the best employees because they pay more than the other stores. As in anything else, you get what you pay for. Well-paid employees MAKE you money, it doesn't cost you money. That's what Walmart doesn't understand.

GoU

If that's true they will fail, no?

Hardly seems worth unleashing your venom.

They certainly pay a lot more in training than Costco does, because Costco doesn't have the turnover. Last I heard, Walmart had something like 2.5 times turnover in one year. In other words, they turn over the workforce two and a half times. Lots of waste there. It'd be better if they paid enough that people would stay.

Costco makes more profit per employee that Sam's Club, the Walmart-owned direct competitor to Costco. They pay more, and pay health care, but they make more.

Interesting that you say GC pays you so well, but you champion low-wage employers. Maybe, when GC goes down, you'll say it's because you were overpaid and didn't carry your weight.

GoU

What low-wage employers do I champion and how do I champion them?

You just championed Walmart, in your usual passive/aggressive form.

GoU

I like Walmart because I can buy things I need for not a lot of money. That is hardly championing.

I like Walmart because I can buy things I need for not a lot of money. That is hardly championing.

I'm waiting to buy a Fender guitar until they come from China.

I like Walmart because I can buy things I need for not a lot of money. That is hardly championing.

And while you buy all your cheap stuff at Walmart, don't give a thought to the 112 people in Bangledesh that died making it:

GoU

Would my not buying something at Walmart bring back the dead? No. It wouldn't. I have done all the guilt I intend to do in my life. I will not do any more.

Yep, you don't care how many die, as long as it's cheap. You don't care how many slaves it takes to make it. You don't care how many small children work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Just as long as it's cheap.

Conservatives: They don't give a shit for ANYONE but themselves.

GoU

You didn't answer my question.