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Titolo: [letture estive] La guerra contro Wal*Mart

Democrats Declare War On Wal-Mart
The Democrats have finally found a unifying theme for the mid-term
elections, one that appears to unite all ends of the political spectrum in
their party. Instead of fighting a war on terrorism, though, they have
decided to fight a war against Wal-Mart. Claiming that attacking a
retailer with the lowest prices somehow champions the poor, Democrats of
all strips have enlisted in the latest cause:
    Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, a likely Democratic
presidential candidate in 2008, delivered a 15-minute, blistering attack
to warm applause from Democrats and union organizers here on Wednesday.
But Mr. Biden’s main target was not Republicans in Washington, or even his
prospective presidential rivals.
    It was Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer.
Yes, not Islamofascist terrorists, not oppressive dictatorships, not drug
cartels nor organized crime -- Wal-Mart.
    Among Democrats, Mr. Biden is not alone. Across Iowa this week and
across much of the country this month, Democratic leaders have found a new
rallying cry that many of them say could prove powerful in the midterm
elections and into 2008: denouncing Wal-Mart for what they say are
substandard wages and health care benefits.
    Six Democratic presidential contenders have appeared at rallies like
the one Mr. Biden headlined, along with some Democratic candidates for
Congress in some of the toughest-fought races in the country.
    “My problem with Wal-Mart is that I don’t see any indication that they
care about the fate of middle-class people,” Mr. Biden said, standing on
the sweltering rooftop of the State Historical Society building here.
“They talk about paying them $10 an hour. That’s true. How can you live a
middle-class life on that?”
This is Democratic economics at its most state-controlled, and its
politics at the apex of class warfare. Biden and the rest of the Democrats
volunteering for this war want Republicans to defend a $10 per hour wage,
instead of talking sense about market wages and the effect on prices that
interference will bring.
Let's address the wages first. In any area of the country, that wage is a
large improvement over minimum wage, even over the minimum wage the
Democrats proposed this year. That wage applies to the entry-level
positions at Wal-Mart and seems about right for the skill sets and the
experience needed for a new-hire in retail. In fact, I suspect that most
other retailers do not offer a starting wage that high. And remember that
this is a starting wage, not a cap on wages. Employees who work hard and
gain experience get promotions into better-paying jobs. It's the same
fallacy that Democrats trot out about minimum-wage workers not having a
raise in seven years. If they haven't earned a raise in that amount of
time, then that's hardly the government's fault.
Another argument the Democrats trot out attacks Wal-Mart for not offering
a better benefits package. That again is a market decision. Some retailers
offer better packages at lower wages, some do not, but Democrats for some
reason have not marked them as an enemy of the state. The main thrust of
this is that Wal-Mart displaces other retailers who paid better wages and
benefits, but that's not the case. In most communities, Wal-Mart displaces
locally-owned specialty retail stores, which traditionally pay lower
compensation to employees.
Besides, the effect of the reforms that Democrats want to force on
Wal-Mart would require the company to raise prices. The money for all of
these higher wages and benefits have to come from somewhere, and just as
with any other retail business, it will come from the customers. In
Wal-Mart's case, the low prices allow working-class families to have
access to goods that would otherwise take a bigger bite out of their
income. The working poor that the Democrats want to protect will find that
their income has less buying power, and as Wal-Mart becomes less
competitive, their numbers will increase as Wal-Mart starts laying off
workers and closing stores in less-profitable areas.
None of this is a secret; it's basic economics. The Democrats want to fool
people into thinking that government edicts can somehow override market
forces of supply and demand. They would do better by ending the
public-school monopoly that delivers so many graduates with minimal job
skills, forcing them into choices that limit themselves to Wal-Mart's
entry-level positions. The truth is that the job market values skills such
as literacy, competence, and education, and rewards hard work and
experience, and that is what allows people to live middle-class lives. Joe
Biden's outrage does nothing to solve the underlying problems for
lower-wage workers, and the Democratic Party's war on Wal-Mart will make
their lives worse, not better.
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Che questi porcelloni vogliano far vendere solo cibi che ti fanno
arrivare a cent'anni, e roba che non si rompa appena finita la garanzia
(se c'è)?

 (se c'č)?
anche te sei uno a cui farebbe bene trascorrere un periodo della tua vita
nell'ex URSS. torneresti berlusconiano ;-)
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Ci sono stato oltre la "cortina di ferro": sembrava una fureria
dell'esercito, e le mie critiche pure...
  Non sono un leninista, e non credo che l'originalità di marx termini
in urss...

 
A Uno sfugge che (ex) regime sovietico sia una pessima applicazione di 
Marx come Berlusconi lo è del liberismo :-))

 Marx come Berlusconi lo è del liberismo :-))
Si chiama fare d'ogni erba un fascio?   :-))    (e stamane ce l'ho coi
proverbi)

 Marx come Berlusconi lo è del liberismo :-))
Mi sembrate dei religiosi, tanto siete dogmatici sull'argomento. 

_Mela ha scritto:
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Convertiti finché sei in tempo, ti apriremo le porte del cielo :-p

 Convertiti finché sei in tempo
Preferirei mi cascasse l'uccello. 

 Preferirei mi cascasse l'uccello.
E così fu.
Achille Pièveloce/e Io vide che era cosa buona e giusta. :-P