Comments by "Virginia Lawler" (@virginialawler7725) on "Faces of Greed: The Walton Family of Walmart" video.

  1. L V I am happy to report that I, at 82, have never gone to a Walmart...and never will. I will support Costco now, when it is needed, because Bernie educated us that it supports a $15 minimum wage.
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  2.  @Dan-bv8ne  What do you mean by writing "after seeing him seemingly cave in against the dnc and the party"? I have never seen anything at all like that by Sanders, so am really interested in your thinking. Thx.
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  3. Ellie Milanti. And...Bernie has complimented Costco, another huge employer, for its $15 minimum! At 82 now, I don't shop like in "the old days" at all, so my pennies to any company don't much matter. But, our pennies together do! I've never shopped at Walmart and never would after Bernie's educating me about the family's greed.
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  4. Artem Konstantinovich It's good news that Amazon is now at $15...off that list of shame thanks to Bernie's leadership and the resulting increased pressure. And, Costco got a thumbs up from Bernie, too, for the same $15 reason.
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  5. @Uber Pro s/ happily noted.
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  6.  @marconapolitano2821  Costco and now Amazon are two huge employers that have determined a $15 minimum wage is good for their workers, and their companies. Other employers of all sizes throughout the U.S. have also upgraded, recognizing that workers not on Medicaid and Food Stamps, etc., are good for all of us (who pay for those two supports). Our current minimum is $7.25--where do you get your (12$) figure? Also, you use "15$" and "12$"...not usual in America. Are you writing from another country?? That is always O.K., of course, but you might not have the total story about our minimum wage concerns. #NotMeUs.
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  7. Ditto.
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  8. Ditto.
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  9. Good one. Thank you.
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  10. I can't disagree with either of you, really. BUT, we know it's very, very hard to get even a $15 federal minimum passed, since it hasn't been able to be done since 2007. Bernie has worked hard and consistently with many for it all thru the years, and I'm just hoping--here on March 4, 2021--that the Republicans in the Senate will stop their obstruction, vote for their constituents as the House did, and FINALLY pass "a living wage".... Two huge employers, Amazon and Cosco, now have such a minimum--along with many other smaller businesses--reducing Medicaid and Food Stamps costs for them and all taxpayers. Still, the Walmart family's greed stands...against their workers...and keeps the question alive, yet again, "How many billions will be enough for such people, accumulated with no regard for the men and women whose work created their fortunes?? I'm 82 now, was a single parent of two with no child support. Retired now after decades of fulltime work in IL and NC. I've never entered a door at a Walmart...and never will.
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  11. Me either (at 82 y.o.) Never have. Never will.
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  12. What does your word "based" mean? "Stan G" used it, too, but I don't know it.
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  13.  @matt10y27  Thanks a lot for replying, from one who also liked the video...a lot. I'd always thought "based" was somehow just a misspelling of "biased," and therefore a slam of Sanders.
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  14. Two great comments. Thank you. To me, Alice's philanthropy with the museum has always seemed like one more--however unique--tax write-off for HER. That was a really nice piece of history re Sam Walton. There's a saying I can't remember that seems appropriate, something about, "One generation makes the money, etc., etc." .
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  15. Paul Ferris. That appears to be a slam, and is unwarranted. An IL native, 82, I first learned of Sanders from a Chicago newspaper in '63, showing him going to the ground during a protest against school segregation in Chicago. Jailed, he was bailed out the next day by the NAACP. A poi sci undergrad (and leader in both CORE and SNCC ) at the U. of Chicago, he'd helped organize the first sit-in in the north, in the Chancellor's office. He organized a busload to DC for MLK's historic March for Jobs and Freedom and "I Have a Dream" speech. He'd found his life's work young as a champion for civil, economic, environmental, gender, racial and social justice...and for peace. Bernie was first a re-elected mayor of VT's largest city, then the re-elected Representative from VT, currently the re-elected junior Senator from VT, now the new chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, based on his seniority. In 2017, his new book, "Our Revolution," was 3rd on the NYT Best-Seller List, and also published in China, England, France, Germany, Serbia and South Korea. His next book, "Where We Go from Here/Two Years in the Resistance," was another strong seller. He earned his rank as a millionaire. Still, he fights on for All of Us, starting before 2016 with a bill to support a $15 Federal Minimum Wage for our lowest paid workers. The You Tube video, "Bernie & Civil Rights in Chicago," is well done. #NotMeUs
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  16. s/ much appreciated.
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  17.  @aylbdrmadison1051  Thank you.
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  18. And that's just ONE example of the Walmart family's self-serving. "She" is also on a camera walk-thru acknowledging...was it 100 art items?...transferred to a their relatively new museum. GREAT tax write-off...but sure doesn't help Walmart workers earn a basic minimum wage. I'm glad, impressed, that Bernie addressed the shareholders' meeting, no feeling that anything positive for workers will soon come of it tho'. Still...every effort he makes educates more of us about mega companies, led by Walmart, and others that have little to NO concern about the basic economic welfare of their workers.
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  19. What do you mean??
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  20.  @Lucifer-n8n  Bernie Sanders has been in the front line to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 since he introduced his first bill to do so years ago, with no-to-then-few co-sponsors. As with his many other efforts for #AllOfUs he has kept at it doggedly in the years since. Thank you for replying to my question. Your post "#don't kill it Burnie" seems like a "slam" to the Senator that he sure doesn't deserve. The current bill has a lot of co-sponsors now, and I believe many of the signers-on have been educated by Bernie's persistence. It is still a very long way from being law. All of us could help by contacting our legislators with our support for the long overdue "raise" that would help so many of our lowest paid workers. I hope you will take the time to do that. Heartfelt thanks if you've done so already. An IL native, I find the You Tube, "Bernie & Civil Rights in Chicago," especially moving. Maybe you would, too.
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  21. Extra points for clever....
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  22. What makes you think Sanders' vision is getting worse??? Real question. It seems to me he sees plenty, as he has continually since he was an undergrad activist at the U. of Chicago, arrested in a protest against school segregation. And, he's sure as strong as ever trying to do something about all he sees...an authentic champion for civil, economic, environmental, gender, racial and social justice...and for peace. ETC. I'm so grateful that his seniority on the powerful Senate Budget Committee means he is now the new chairman. At 82 now, an IL native, I especially like to recommend to #AllofUs the You Tube, "Bernie & Civil Rights in Chicago."
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  23. Ditto
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  24.  @aylbdrmadison1051  THANK YOU. Especially for your pointed questions back at Scot Fretwell. Hard to imagine that anyone who had seen this video or paid any attention...at all...to Bernie's decades of history...as a champion for civil, economic, environmental, gender, racial and social justice...and for peace...could post the comment Fretwell did.
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  25. MidNiteR32 Sigh. I had heard rumors of Walmart "making hay" during the pandemic but had not seen your specifics before. Biggest Thank You for the confirming info. As the stats in Bernie's video outlined, the Waltons as a unit, and individually, are nothing but self-serving. Costco shines in comparison, and Amazon, too, for going to a $15/hr. minimum.
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  26. What does your word "based" mean? I don't know it.
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