Sunday Funday – WalMart is 50!
Say what you want about Walmart, I doubt if any of your or my naysaying will have much effect on them. We really haven’t slowed them down much, nor have they changed even one policy. I have a...
View ArticleIs Branstad For Real?
Governor for Life Terry Branstad called the ACA “disastrous” and in the same breath said Iowans should strive to be the healthiest state in America. I am guessing he would also like the fastest car,...
View ArticleWhat Iowans Should Know About Walmart, Medicaid and Branstad
One issue that was almost totally ignored in the recent Iowa legislative was Gov. Branstad’s vow to not accept expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Personally I thought that it should be a...
View ArticleRepublican View: Obama Didn’t Win
Nope. Looks like that win Obama claims may be up to dispute. Seems he actually came in second to last in the presidential race. Even their man, Mitt Romney, came in a close second. For 2013: No More...
View ArticleToo Poor To Shop At WalMart?
An internal memo that a Walmart VP sent out became public a couple weeks ago. In it a vice-president of Walmart made the observation that shoppers and purchases were off to the slowest year start in...
View ArticleIt’s Not About Minimum Wage
Walmart protest Iowa City Two bits of news related to minimum wage emerged last week, and neither of them represents a solution for low wage workers. The Iowa Legislature advanced Senate Study Bill...
View ArticleWalmart, Work and Value
Walmart Protest Iowa City The consensus in social media was Walmart’s substantial stock decline on Wednesday – in advance of lower earnings projections – couldn’t have happened to a better group of...
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