Will Wal-Mart Destroy Potsdam, New York?

Now I'll exploit this bit of serendipity to promote some of my own work. Anyone who fears that the new Potsdam Wal-Mart will destroy the community can rest easy.

[fsparky]

No.

[Teabaggin Yamama]

Potsdam is already destroyed judging by some of the nonsensical perversities that go on around here.

Nevertheless, Walmart is just the sign over the warehouse that sells junk made by slave workers from COMMUNIST CHINA. Folks and teabaggers around here should stop wasting their time badgering welfare chiselers and aim their viatrol at the the rich bums that have sold us and our jobs out to the RED CHINESE. That is what is destroying Amerika.

[smog]

have you seen the bags and boxes and plastic crap strewn in the once pristine wetlands between Walmart and Potsdam?
Do you see the birds lining up on the wires confused because the place they have been migrating to for thousands of yrs for breeding and refuge is now replaced with concrete and illuminated, singing plastic deer heads?
Have you bought produce at walmart and had it rot by the next day in your fridge? They employees are rude most of them look like they need a shower. Only people dumber than dirt would put up with working there. Part time hours stretched over a 6 day span..no diversion allowed. I seriously hope Walmart fails and fails big time. Turn it into a skating rink ..or better yet PUT THE DAMN WET LANDS BACK.

[Tom Joad]

Ah, I love NY Govt and its "hire and fire at will" mentality. No right to work at a decent wage with medical and dental and retirement benefits. these exist only for the "chosen people." China owns the US, and the US govt loves it.

[stylin]

Tom Joad wrote:

Ah, I love NY Govt and its "hire and fire at will" mentality. No right to work at a decent wage with medical and dental and retirement benefits. these exist only for the "chosen people." China owns the US, and the US govt loves it.

sing it brotha joad

[Tom Joad]

I'm singing it everyday, so i can be the magnificent corruptor of the status quo; if you remain silent, the elite just press on my man.

[stylin]

viva la revolution

[CarlFused]

You people are probably the same ones that would b*tch if Walmart left and cut the 100+ jobs that it has created. You talk about their products being made in china yet your the type of people that wear your Nike's that were made in Asia. Walmart is not doing any more damage than the Lowes on 56 or any of the dealerships in town.

[Part timer]

I work for Wally, and I can say that we are pressured all the time to work off the clock by supervisors, and threatened with lowered hours or termination. NY is a hire and fire at will state. We never get full time hours or receive anything close to a benefits package. We are pressured to go to Canton DSS and apply for whatever benefits the county or state provides. Workers at Wally are poor, and our families are poor; there's no chance for advancement; working conditions suck, and the pay is minimum wage. Carlfused sounds like a combination of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Hannity--jerks.

[CarlFused]

I am not saying Walmart is the perfect situation by any means. However with the economy the way it is you should be glad to even have a job. I have heard many many stories about Walmart and I am sure most of them are true however many people rely on what little pay Walmart provides to feed their families. If Walmart was not here you would be asking DSS for help anyhow.

Lowes and the dealerships are pretty much the same thing. SELL SELL SELL or hit the road.

[The Northern Radio Show]

walmart distroys communities, but we let them.

[bite me dude]

CarlFused wrote:

I am not saying Walmart is the perfect situation by any means. However with the economy the way it is you should be glad to even have a job. I have heard many many stories about Walmart and I am sure most of them are true however many people rely on what little pay Walmart provides to feed their families. If Walmart was not here you would be asking DSS for help anyhow.
Lowes and the dealerships are pretty much the same thing. SELL SELL SELL or hit the road.

70% of all walmart employees depend on foodstamps to feed their families.