These law ideas should be run through each city, state and federal agencies legal departments. In order to recoup lost funds due to Walmart practices in the Post Sam Walton era. All claims I make here must be researched and verified. My interest is in the protection and safety of my city. My interest is a mutual benefit of both Walmart and my city and what is equally fair for both entities.
It is apparent that when Sam Walton was running Walmart the associates were making and building wealth. To the point that many Walmart general associates, department managers were becoming millionaires. Today can Walmart say by percentage that they have a near equal or greater percentage of millionaires who are employed at the store level or truck drivers? If this answer is no. Then the Walmart corporation has assumed all of the wealth for themselves and it is their corporate legal right to do so. But, when the number of employees working for any store is receiving all manor of state and federally funded aid just to survive. Then it is the corporation who is profiting off of slave labor practices. It is the common American citizen who actually pays taxes to assist the poor and needy. It is the corporations who are taking unfair advantage of this process. Then that corporation no matter who it is should pay the government back at the city, state and federal level in extra taxes. So for instance if Walmart employees/associates collected more than $6 billion dollars in food, housing, health benefits. Simply because of low wages. Then Walmart corporation or any other corporation should pay back in full through heavy taxes to the city, state and federal government. Certain exclusions should apply such as those who are permanently disabled or have become temporarily disabled to some degree.
Another exclusion can be applied for in the future. Such as a corporate lifting up program. So if a corporation like Walmart has a dutiful, promising and successful employee. Then what ever heavy taxes applied to that formerly low wage employee can be recouped to some degree. But, that degree cannot be such a number as to cause the corporation not to decide to lift up a promising employee.
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When any corporation has removed so much benefits to their basic employees to such a degree like every corporation has. The best evidence is the wage comparison between the CEO or corporate officers and base employees. If this percentage is above lets say the 100%. Then the heavy taxation would apply in full. Especially when employees are receiving government subsides for only low wages.
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2). Walmart Corporate Law Enforcement Percentage Use Laws.
In many cities throughout the United States. The local law enforcement agencies are becoming stressed from excessive calls to Walmart stores. New Port Richey, Florida police department is one where there is not enough man power to cover Walmart and the rest of the city. Thus creating a very real unsafe living standard for the rest of the local people. Walmart as typical fails to pay their fair share or to even do their fair part in protecting the store, the employees or even the customers. Yes, the news recently in regards to Walmart corporate has been doing better at doing their part in security matters has improved. The lessons learned from city governments is simple. If any corporation uses a certain to be defined percentage of law enforcement resources. Then a taxation program/Law should begin for that city. So if a Walmart or any other corporate entity is utilizing more than 10% of law enforcement resources. Then a tax per call would apply until that law enforcement utilization percentage achieves a level of about 30% at which point that corporate entity would be taxed 100% of all law enforcement utilization. This would include all costs associated with every prosecution. This would also include all other emergency services.
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3). New Legal Definition of a Discount Store.
Sam Walton created the true discount stores. Sam Walton had a maximum sales percentage of about 40% markup. Assuming if I'm remembering correctly that 40% was his mark up limit. Then that percentage should be used to define legally what a discount store should be. This is to stop deceptive advertising as well as identifying which corporate club stores are actually discounters or not.
A discount store and a pay to shop club store should have established mark up percentage legal limits. For instance, if Walmart is a true discount store than from the time Walmart purchases a product to the point that product reaches the store shelves. The mark up percentage should not be higher than 40% for every individual product. The cost of transportation and warehousing of products for discount stores should not be added to the cost of the product as Walmart stores is known for inflating costs at their own distribution centers in order to prove profitability of those very distribution centers. What Walmart does is seen by other corporations and they all do likewise. Thus driving up prices just as what Sam Walton had claimed that retailers do when he began Walmart. So the question is can Walmart corporation profit each time a product enters into each type of Walmart distribution center thus adding ghost costs to each product without the the prior knowledge of the customer? is it right? is it fair? Is it legal?
A pay to shop discount club store should not have any items for sale which exceed a percentage which should be some number lower than 40%. But, this does not seem to be the case as Sam's Clubs in New Port Richey, Fl. appears to be selling goods at higher prices per ounce, per pound and per unit than many dollar stores and other actual retailers in this area. Who sell comparably packaged goods.
I believe this is deceptive advertising which has become an accepted practice as it appears that discount store corporations should not be trusted with doing business.
Because of the mark up practices of Walmart and the hugeness of Walmart stores. Can Walmart stores create artificial inflation throughout an entire nation or can the effect be localized once Walmart has obliterated any local competition?
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The bottom line is this. All citizens should attain a level of wages so that every citizen can begin to pay taxes. Of course this is an impossibility as people are disabled and many become disabled through some kind of tragedy. But, when corporations are using the government to pay for their employees. This is wrong. If Walmart employees received more than $6 billion dollars in government aid. Then Walmart saved or took more than $6 billion dollars in wages from every American tax payer. This could be a yearly number. Add up the years.
3). New Legal Definition of a Discount Store.
Sam Walton created the true discount stores. Sam Walton had a maximum sales percentage of about 40% markup. Assuming if I'm remembering correctly that 40% was his mark up limit. Then that percentage should be used to define legally what a discount store should be. This is to stop deceptive advertising as well as identifying which corporate club stores are actually discounters or not.
A discount store and a pay to shop club store should have established mark up percentage legal limits. For instance, if Walmart is a true discount store than from the time Walmart purchases a product to the point that product reaches the store shelves. The mark up percentage should not be higher than 40% for every individual product. The cost of transportation and warehousing of products for discount stores should not be added to the cost of the product as Walmart stores is known for inflating costs at their own distribution centers in order to prove profitability of those very distribution centers. What Walmart does is seen by other corporations and they all do likewise. Thus driving up prices just as what Sam Walton had claimed that retailers do when he began Walmart. So the question is can Walmart corporation profit each time a product enters into each type of Walmart distribution center thus adding ghost costs to each product without the the prior knowledge of the customer? is it right? is it fair? Is it legal?
A pay to shop discount club store should not have any items for sale which exceed a percentage which should be some number lower than 40%. But, this does not seem to be the case as Sam's Clubs in New Port Richey, Fl. appears to be selling goods at higher prices per ounce, per pound and per unit than many dollar stores and other actual retailers in this area. Who sell comparably packaged goods.
I believe this is deceptive advertising which has become an accepted practice as it appears that discount store corporations should not be trusted with doing business.
Because of the mark up practices of Walmart and the hugeness of Walmart stores. Can Walmart stores create artificial inflation throughout an entire nation or can the effect be localized once Walmart has obliterated any local competition?
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The bottom line is this. All citizens should attain a level of wages so that every citizen can begin to pay taxes. Of course this is an impossibility as people are disabled and many become disabled through some kind of tragedy. But, when corporations are using the government to pay for their employees. This is wrong. If Walmart employees received more than $6 billion dollars in government aid. Then Walmart saved or took more than $6 billion dollars in wages from every American tax payer. This could be a yearly number. Add up the years.
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More research needs to be done. You legal eagle persons need to begin to write laws which will benefit your cities safety. Even if Walmart chooses to close up and if they do. You will know that they never really cared for your little city. That which will replace Walmart will be the smaller mom and pop stores. Who will be happy to pay city taxes and to keep profits in town. Those bad persons who only want to conduct all manor of shenanigans will become convinced to move other places. Which is beyond your city or county borders. In the short term a closed up Walmart may be hard on the city. In the long term. The cities economy should become stronger and more diversified.
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Do not become threatened by Walmart corporate or any other corporation's claims that they will fire all low wage employees. This is currently an impossibility as low end retail is typically for low skilled and low educated people. Or for person who have endured a hardship but will leave when a better job is found. Also, Walmart is automating as many job positions as possible. So your city is already losing jobs. How many self serve cash registers does your Walmart have? Walmart used to hire one employee for every cash register and now it is one employee to every ten self serve cash registers. More and more automation is occurring every year in every job category and by 2030 it is estimated that 2 billion low skilled and low education jobs will be lost world wide. Research how many employees did Walmart have per store size in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's, 2010's, and today. Then plot those numbers out and then question if Walmart stores is still beneficial to your area as they suck all of the wealth out of your city. Because, if Walmart has a very low number of employees per store and in distribution centers. Then how does your city profit when few employees are actually employed. Guess what Robots are already filling up transportation warehouses. Which means loss of jobs and loss of taxation for your city or town. Research robot use by AB Beer and Pepsi. How many jobs lost?
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Added on 21 Feb 2019: Walmart's corporate law of productivity is ramping up. With fewer and fewer employees. Walmarts bottom line drops and profits rise. In The Walmart environment. The corporation itself is purely self serving and has no compassion for anything which holds it back or slows it down. Such as the current issue of Adam catlin a 30 year old man who has an amazing record with Walmart and now Walmart makes demands on him to be more productive. By the way Mr. Catlin has cerebral Palsy and was hired as a door greeter. Walmart has redefined the duties and changed the name from door greeter to customer hosts. Name change and duty change is all just legal protections for the Walmart Corporation. It is all about streamlining all corporate functions. In which every corporation has a right to do. But, Walmart corporation may become its own evil enemy as customers begin to realize that this one corporation no longer serves the people, community or is even a benefit to this nation. Walmart customers will disappear with every Adam Catlin story that comes along.
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Search terms of this viral story: "Adam Catlin Walmart". For more on how Walmart continues to abuse their own employees and the communities they have stores in "Walmart News complaints then insert your city or state name" Do not forget to use the Tools button and then the down select for the Anytime button.
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NOT JUST IN YOUR COMMUNITY DOES WALMART ABUSE THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO OTHER COMMUNITIES THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE.
WALMART CORPORATION HAS BECOME SUCH A HUGE ENTITY THAT IT IS THE COMMUNITIES THAT MUST SERVE THEM AND THEIR INTERESTS. OFTEN TIMES YOUR OWN COMMUNITY LEADERS AND CHIEF LAW OFFICIALS. REMAIN SILENT AS WHAT THE TRUE COSTS TO THEIR ORGANIZATIONS ARE. If Walmart decides to leave because there isn't enough profit and too much drama. They will abandon that community after having destroyed the established small businesses. Leaving your community worse off than before. Search terms of this viral story: "Adam Catlin Walmart". For more on how Walmart continues to abuse their own employees and the communities they have stores in "Walmart News complaints then insert your city or state name" Do not forget to use the Tools button and then the down select for the Anytime button.
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