Whole Foods moving forward again?

booklaw wrote: It's true... if we insist on paying common people livable wages, we will be less competitive in the global markets.

Therefore we should reduce the minimum wage to less than $1.00 per hour, and force people to put their little children to work in sweatshops, their women in brothels, and their men in the coal mines.

we civilized americans would never DREAM of doing that...we'll just continue to capitalize on countries that do and patron monopoly retailers that dictate manufacturing costs in virtually every industry (literally from salad dressing to engagement rings to private jets and every method by which these items are shipped.) Or, if not shopping at them directly, we'll indirectly support them by buying goods made in companies that manufacture to-spec, to-pricepoint products for these retailers (which, incidentally, has caused a general deterioration in quality for almost every major manufacturer of...anything.)

None of us are truly innocent unless we only consume that which we grow on our own soil and build with our own hands. Which is totally unrealistic. Just because we don't have our children in sweatshops or we don't have a local neighborhood walmart doesn't mean that we're not all contributing to the huge global impact of our disgusting consumerist society.

Just a little healthy dose of self-loathing... I don't profess to have a solution, but the whole idea that we're somehow "better than" the countries which we financially and morally rape to have our $1.99 ziploc bags is delusional.

eggcream wrote: [quote=Laura B]If/when Whole Foods arrives, be sure to check out this fascinating article on its union-hating, climate-change-denying CEO before you shop there:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/04/100104fa_fact_paumgarten

Thanks, now I'll definitely shop there.

Sure, why let something like facts interfere with your shopping and eating habits? ](*,)

^fyi.... that article points out that Whole Foods is rated by its employees as one of the best places to work.

Flexichick wrote: ^fyi.... that article points out that Whole Foods is rated by its employees as one of the best places to work.

Fair enough. On the other hand, it could be "one of the best places to work" because there's so little competition for that title in the US, given the paltry support for decent pay/benefits for all.

eggcream wrote: Sweetie, seems you're out of touch with facts. I normally don't care for someone's politics when I shop for food but since you posted your political views, which happen to disagree with mine, I commented thusly. I'm glad they are union hating ( they won't go bankrupt anytime soon) and anti-climate gate. Clear as mud?

yup, and now that we've cleared up that pesky matter of climate change, we can move on to something more important, like Obama's birth certificate.