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TANSTAAFL Posted: Thu, Dec 22 2011 8:19 AM

http://front.moveon.org/the-secret-that-job-creators-like-walmart-wont-tell-you/#.TvHi0_P8d34.facebook

 

 

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Wheylous replied on Thu, Dec 22 2011 10:06 AM

They should just take the advice present in the name of their website.

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I thought this stuff had pretty much all but died out by now.  Learn Liberty has produced a few things recently though..

 

 

 

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TANSTAAFL replied on Thu, Dec 22 2011 11:24 PM

More for less. That is how the Waltons gained a fortune. It irks me that Wal Mart is entirely misunderstood. I was in one tonight and noticed this board in the front of the store. It told the story of how much Wal Mart gives back to local communities - millions of dollars, thousands of meals, hundred thousands volunteer hours. All the talk is about what the employees don't get. Why do we never hear about the stock (much better bang for the buck than most 401k), hour lunches, paid breaks, safe climate controlled work environment, in store discount? I hope the Waltons enjoy every last pennie of their billions that they earned creating value that has enriched my life.

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Wheylous replied on Thu, Dec 22 2011 11:58 PM

The Paradox of Capitalism:

Lower consumer prices, and you're extorting the worker.

Increase worker pay, and you're extorting the customer.

Good luck, ye capitalists!

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Autolykos replied on Fri, Dec 23 2011 8:23 AM

Why don't these people understand that life isn't designed to be "fair"?

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Wheylous replied on Fri, Dec 23 2011 10:04 AM

Same could be said to libertarians who decry taxation and the state wink

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Jargon replied on Fri, Dec 23 2011 10:58 AM

(quasi) Socialist "fairness" - construction and maintenance of systems, supplant human action.

Libertarian "fairness" - deconstruction of systems.

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Wheylous replied on Fri, Dec 23 2011 11:25 AM

I'm sure Birthday Pony would disagree :P

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I have yet to come across a serious discussion of "fairness" (libertarian, socialist, or libertarian socialist) outside of wishy washy liberal campaigning. So I can't really engage on what the "libertarian concept of fairness" would even be, and I'm not quite sure there is one.

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Wheylous replied on Tue, Dec 27 2011 8:53 AM

Well, don't you (specifically) believe that fairness is the deconstruction of hierarchies?

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I personally think fairness is a pretty wobbly concept that shouldn't really be the basis for any political ideology beyond explaining something in an overly simplistic way.

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