Originally Posted by
RevolverRob
Oh trust me, I have plenty of words of umbrage against certain billionaires in our country. The Waltons rank high on my shit list and if I were a socialist who believed in taking people's money, I'd start right there. Why Arkansas ranks 45th out of 50 states, ranking 49th in health care, 42nd in education, 40th in economy, 41st in opportunity, and 47th in crime - when it currently is home to 3 of the 15 richest people in the US (that's 20% of the richest people in the country!) - remains a mystery to me. A mystery that can only be explained by greed and entitlement.
Is it the Walton's job to make Arkansas great? No. I'm not saying it is their job. But each of them has 50 billion bucks in the bank and you'd think that they'd be interested in not living in a shit hole. That is, after all, what the great industrialists did for our country - why we have nice museums and architecture, public works, etc. There is (or was) a moral obligation to give something back after you've made it - and the Waltons have never given fuck all. And I think they are pieces of shit for it.
Mistreating their employees is just another example of them as terrible people.
And its why I don't support Walmart.