It might be easier than we think....

[dannymax]

Even if this guy's numbers aren't totally accurate it's certainly worth a try.

The approach will work for you Canadian guys too.

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/4FrGxO2Fn_M

 

[jfeagins]

Walmart claims to be helping create more American jobs. They've been flooding our local TV stations with ads such as this one lately. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTPUAasuSOY

Of course I can't help but think back about 20 years ago during another of Walmarts American jobs campaigns. They were building a Supercenter in a nearby town, and the feds swooped in doing a 2am job site raid. They scooped up at least 8 illegals doing night concrete work, and reported many others escaped into the night. The sub-contractor was eventually fined for having hired the illegals. I always thought it ironic that illegals were used to construct new Walmart sites during their American jobs campaign.

 

[dannymax]

Walmart claims to be helping create more American jobs. They've been flooding our local TV stations with ads such as this one lately.

Of course I can't help but think back about 20 years ago during another of Walmarts American jobs campaigns. They were building a Supercenter in a nearby town, and the feds swooped in doing a 2am job site raid. They scooped up at least 8 illegals doing night concrete work, and reported many others escaped into the night. The sub-contractor was eventually fined for having hired the illegals. I always thought it ironic that illegals were used to construct new Walmart sites during their American jobs campaign.

Yeah, same here but they're committing $250 billion, not that measly $50 bil they're pledging in your area. :blink000:

Maybe we're in bigger trouble than youse guyz....:confused2:

Anyhow, Walmart's making all the appropriate noises, music & photogs are in keeping with the program.....call me crazy but I'm just a tad skeptical.......:hmmm::whistlin::th_favorites24:

 

[Tex85]

For Walmart it is a PR campaign. Everyone knows they are one of the largest reasons for factory closures and off-shoring over the past 50 years. I think it would be a relatively short list of products housed in Walmart stores nationwide that did not originate from overseas.

 

[Redbone]

I avoid Walmart completely, I shop locally owned(state first then regional) stores and try to buy 100% American sourced/ produced stuff. I have been tricked by packaging with American flags on it but I will keep on trying to buy American.
Michigan made: http://www.mmtc.org/proud-to-manufa...mpaign=ptmim&gclid=CJL2t6PX7LwCFY1FMgodCEEAKQ

USA Made: http://www.americansworking.com/
Additional resources: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Made...ide-find-american-companies/story?id=13057404

 

[Kronx]

Yea Wal-Mart is a killer. I remember about 20 years ago when they were running a "Made in America" campaign and showing workers outside their factorys. Then the news followed up and found that shortly after they filmed those commercials they closed those factories down.

Good video though. I normally don't share videos on social media, but I will with that one.

 

[jfeagins]

Brian, to us here in SW MO, Walmart is locally owned - sort of. Sam Walton based the company out of Bentonville, AR which is barely 40 miles from here. I can remember hearing stories from relative/employees of Walmart when they would tell of Sam Walton himself parking his old pickup outside store #12 (my hometown), and spending all day helping them stock shelves.

Walmart is the largest single customer of the company I work for here. They pay us north of $400 grand a month to power their central computer processing center just south of here....that center, and including their Supercenter just a few blocks from it.

Walmart was also the largest single customer of the company I worked for 16 years ago before coming here. That company Doan Pet Foods, made nearly 100% of Walmart branded Ole Roy dog food, and Special Kitty cat food for Walmart. Doan had 18 locations in the lower 48, and employed a lot of people. Still do, except the Doan family sold out to another, then another, and now I believe they are owned by Mars Company. (no chocolate candy being added to the dog food I'm told) I guess it could be argued that for every job Walmart (back then) cost a local community, they added the same amount of jobs in their stores. I regret that I didn't/couldn't buy a couple thousand shares of Walmart stock back when i was 12 and could have gotten in on 'the ground floor' so to speak.