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[nintendork327]

Awesome:

Wal-Mart will put "Christmas" back into the holidays this year, the retailer plans to announce Thursday.

A year after religious and other groups boycotted retailers, including Wal-Mart (WMT), for downplaying Christmas, the world's largest retail chain will have an in-your-face Christmas theme this year.

"We, quite frankly, have learned a

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[shivelycore]

Yes Wal-Mart has time to address pointless issues such as this but no real issues like lliving wages and benefits for the employees or not pumping all of their money into China.

[nintendork327]

What is a "living wage"?

I've found if more people stopped doing stupid shit (ie credit cards, car payments, payday advances, etc...) they'll do just fine on their paltry pentance.

As for benefits: the problem is people expecting their employer to provide those benefits in the first place. It shouldn't be Walmart's, Chemtura's or even the Government's responsibility for making sure you have health insurance, life insurance or dumbass insurance.

You don't find it a little hard to swallow when people are able to find the money to see movies, concerts, take trips, eat out, buy video games the night of launch, use a fucking computer to access the intertubs with a broadband connection to complain that they have to start paying for their birth control pill?!

[shivelycore]

Living Wage is enough to cover keeping a roof over your, head put food on your table and keep your heat and water running