Made in the USA

[Oldfisti]

[Speedbag]

Now that pisses me off. A bunch of "profit over all" company execs somewhere oughta be punched in the balls for that. 

[redxblack]

One of the few things you can buy at wal mart that is made in the US -- American flags made in Pennsylvania.

[Oldfisti]

One of the few things you can buy at wal mart that is made in the US -- American flags made in Pennsylvania.

[ducatiz]

One of the few things you can buy at wal mart that is made in the US -- American flags made in Pennsylvania.

by illegal immigrants from guatemala and viet nam

[Grampa]

by illegal immigrants from guatemala and viet nam

is Kathy Lee still making stuff?

[ducatiz]

is Kathy Lee still making stuff?

dicks everywhere wither

[CraigD426]

I remember a time when Wal-mart used to tout everything in their store (or most of it) was Made in the USA, with signs in the store, and TV ads with catchy tunes. That was before the Super WalMart boom of the 90s, one wonders what Sam Walton would think if he saw what his company had become.

[Grampa]

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dispatch/default.aspx?feat=1337558

fix it again tony   

[Grampa]

dicks everywhere wither

More worse 


where boners go to die

[Duck-Stew]

I remember a time when Wal-mart used to tout everything in their store (or most of it) was Made in the USA, with signs in the store, and TV ads with catchy tunes. That was before the Super WalMart boom of the 90s, one wonders what Sam Walton would think if he saw what his company had become.

Yup.  It was a real sense of American pride (or something like that) when you went into the store and saw the banners of some happy people in some town in some United State with the phrase '17 jobs created' or '41 jobs saved' and you knew 'Ol Sam was up to something good and big.

Then Sam passed away and Satan took over the company.  No more banners and Sam's Club & Wal-Mart became the global whore-houses of low-priced imported bull-shit.

[Buckethead]

I remember a time when Wal-mart used to tout everything in their store (or most of it) was Made in the USA, with signs in the store, and TV ads with catchy tunes. That was before the Super WalMart boom of the 90s, one wonders what Sam Walton would think if he saw what his company had become.

Sam Walton STARTED the shift to Made in China stuff. He tried to protect the American textile industry for a while, but they couldn't compete for price and he eventually left them to die.

[Duck-Stew]

where boners go to die

OMFG!!!!  Yikes that's a boner-killin' face!  

[Duck-Stew]

Sam Walton STARTED the shift to Made in China stuff. He tried to protect the American textile industry for a while, but they couldn't compete for price and he eventually left them to die.

Really?!?  Huh.  I guess I missed that factoid....

[redxblack]

one wonders what Sam Walton would think if he saw what his company had become.

+1. Sam was buying American at a time when many other companies were not. Does anyone remember the "look for the union label," "American cotton" and "made in the USA" tv commercials? Those were desperate attempts to keep American manufacturing afloat. Walton bought into the campaign. His company now is centered around the profit margin rather than the civic responsibility model of the founder.

I'm anticipating someone arguing that since it's a publicly traded company, it's beholden to the shareholders. When Sam owned it, he could do what he wanted. If that's the case, then maybe the government should revise the definition and responsibilities of a corporation.