[lbo-talk] Barbara Ehrenreich vs. Wal-Mart Apologist

[martin]

On Jun 28, 2006, at 5:37 AM, Auguste Blanqui referenced the following 
url:


> http://img.slate.com/id/2144517/entry/2144521/

which contained the following conclusion -

"... I understand why progressives are so upset about low wages and 
inadequate benefits. I am also upset by the rise of inequality and the 
relatively slow economic progress that the bottom 80 percent of 
Americans have made over the last several decades. I just think 
Wal-Mart is the wrong place to put the blame or to expect the 
solution."

However, the framing of the progressive argument against WMT low wages 
and inadequate benefits points to the cost to the state of WMT 
assisting their employees to attains state benefits to supplement those 
wages. It seems to me that the argument could be reversed to maintain 
that WMT is taking tentative first steps toward a socialist economy.

Ya' can't do nothin' wrong ... !

sez martin.