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Originally Posted by frahse
You will never convince the Amazon and Walmart haters that Amazon's and Walmart's wages are fair. Washington DC passed a special law that would require a new Walmart to pay 50% more than the Federal minimum wage and then it was pointed out that Washington DC didn't pay that themselves. They went by the Federal standard.
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Also lost is that DC residents are *already* shopping at WalMart; they just go to the suburbs and give the sales tax and employee income tax money to Maryland and Virginia.
Or that the WalMart at issue is to be the anchor of a much needed community-boosting shopping complex generating a lot more jobs than just the Walmart staff. Walmart already made it clear that they will just cancel the store if the Major signs the bill. Which will kill the whole development.
Its a game of political grandstanding with people's livelihoods at stake.
But, hey, they get to make a stand against "evil".
Way to save the village...