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DailyKoS? Really? You can't spot the problems with their statistical analysis? I have no specific love of WalMart, but they don't do anything that tons of other businesses with mostly entry level and low skill labor do. They just happen to employ a lot more people while doing it. I'm not even sure where they get the 80% food stamp participation number since the link provided with that statement doesn't mention it, nor does it include the quoted statement in that paragraph, nor the quote in the box following it. But even if we assume this is true, it doesn't tell us anything specific about WalMart unless we compare that to other businesses with a similar workforce.

I also find it somewhat amusing when the left fights so hard to increase public benefits, and raise the bar to qualify for them, and then turns around and punishes businesses who now have a bunch of employees receiving those benefits. Did Walmart pay change relatively speaking? Or did it just become easier to qualify for food stamps? The bigger issue IMO isn't what WalMart is paying, but that more people who are raising families can't find a job better than WalMart to do so. I just think that it's completely backwards to try to make a low skill job like shelf stocking at WalMart pay a "living wage". What we should be doing is encouraging the creation of jobs that actually produce greater economic value (and thus command higher pay). And in this area, the economic policies of the Left have been an absolute disaster.

Blaming the company paying low wages for low skill work is just kinda stupid. That's like blaming the retarded kid for being retarded. What should be alarming us far more is the lack of availability of genuine good paying jobs out there in the market. Making the crap jobs pay more isn't the right answer and it should be obvious why.

I haven't seen anyone use a check in.. well... ever. I think you could still pay with them but I don't know of anyone who ever does.

I also find it somewhat amusing when the left fights so hard to increase public benefits, and raise the bar to qualify for them, and then turns around and punishes businesses who now have a bunch of employees receiving those benefits. Did Walmart pay change relatively speaking? Or did it just become easier to qualify for food stamps? The bigger issue IMO isn't what WalMart is paying, but that more people who are raising families can't find a job better than WalMart to do so. I just think that it's completely backwards to try to make a low skill job like shelf stocking at WalMart pay a "living wage". What we should be doing is encouraging the creation of jobs that actually produce greater economic value (and thus command higher pay). And in this area, the economic policies of the Left have been an absolute disaster.

The unicorn police have done a great job of preventing gun related homicides.

We're just posting what we want to be true, right?

Depends. Are we talking about men who police unicorns or unicorns with law enforcement duties?

Because I desperately want the second one to be true.

The first would imply that unicorns are largely responsible for gun-related homicides. I been saying that all along.

Man, I can't wait for Japan to finish making those manual labor robots so we never have to pay shelf stockers minimum wage anymore. Then all the people can be making the median at least!

A lot of older people have been writing checks for so long, anything else would be a ridiculous concept to them. Also, if the money runs out a day or two before pay day, floating a check is often a viable solution if you know the store still processes paper checks.

Edit: Also, my debit card has a fairly low daily purchase limit. If I'm making a big purchase, I usually write a check to avoid incurring that expense toward my daily purchase limit.

Edited, Mar 3rd 2013 4:04am by BrownDuck

Most banks limit ATM withdrawals to around 500 USD and swiping as Credit Limits to 1000, but if you need to make a bigger purchase you just call your bank and authorize it, as an extra step in security. You can also go into the bank and ask them to change your limits w/e you want, bank dependent but most around here are like that.

How does using a check save you from the overdraft fees that a debit card would have? Both are linked to the same account and both have the same overdraft fees. And many stores have a bounced check policy that includes fees of their own...

Also, the places I go to that use machines for checks you don't even have to sign the check. You hand them the check, the machine scans/prints on it, they give you the check back (your records, I assume) and you sign on the same pad that the credit/debit card users do. A lot of places locally have set a 25 or 50 dollar min value to require signing when using a card. Under that limit and it's just scan and go. I don't know if the same exists for check signing, but from what I've seen everyone had to sign the pad when using their checks instead of a card.

Edited, Mar 3rd 2013 8:51am by TirithRR

I got into trouble using my debit card mostly online. Using checks themselves didn't help me out, but not having a debit card did. I still use checks at the market because the system is fast, and since I have direct deposit for my pay, it saves me an ATM trip. I suppose one of these days I'll have them send me a debit card, but I just haven't had any need to do so. Adding the extra step of having to either take money out or bring a check with me helps avoid impulse purchases in general.

I got into trouble using my debit card mostly online. Using checks themselves didn't help me out, but not having a debit card did. I still use checks at the market because the system is fast, and since I have direct deposit for my pay, it saves me an ATM trip. I suppose one of these days I'll have them send me a debit card, but I just haven't had any need to do so. Adding the extra step of having to either take money out or bring a check with me helps avoid impulse purchases in general.

I think it's great that the banjo store, the wooden teeth emporium, and the moonshine boutique all still accept your quaint wooden money. Don't you have an issue when you book stagecoach journeys or stay at inns?

Tight wad?

I only ran into problems with my debit card once when traveling through Canada. I was only allowed $200/cash a day at the time. Apparently traveling the Kings Highway is suspicious activity and the bank shut me right down. Limited cash flow while traveling sucks.