Wal-Mart best symbolizes America, a new poll finds

[last_texas_dem]

Source: Associated Press

>>>>NEW YORK – Half the respondents of a new poll say taxing the richest Americans by at least 50 percent is a great idea, while more than a third consider Twitter a fad that will likely fade.
Those are among the findings of a new "60 Minutes"-Vanity Fair Poll released Sunday.

Nearly half of the respondents chose Wal-Mart as the institution that best symbolizes America today, leaving in the dust runners-up Google, Microsoft, the NFL, and the banking and securities firm Goldman Sachs.

Dining out was chosen most often by respondents as a luxury they hate sacrificing in these tough economic times. And 5 percent thought the best way to fight obesity among patrons of fast-food chains is to equip each restaurant with scales for them to weigh themselves.

A politician taking bribes is considered by far the greater sin (chosen by 37 percent of the respondents) when stacked against extramarital affairs (just 2 percent).>>>>

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090928/ap_on_re_us/us_tv60_minutes_vanity_fair_poll

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. that's crazy. I just watched a cable show about Walmart - how the factorie in China spit out that

crap for America - with the factories outwitting the Wal Mart "audits" of working conditions

[last_texas_dem]

3. Yeah, I'd be interested to know what percentage of the poll's respondents

who answered Wal-Mart on that question see Wal-Mart in a positive vs. negative light. Of the available options on the "What entity best represents America?" question I would probably have chosen Wal-Mart, despite having a largely negative opinion of the corporation and its impact.

[glowing]

5. Exactly. I'd say Walmart too.. Cheap workers producing mass crap to sell to

sheeples in a box store.. with Walmart employees making min. wage and the greedy family sitting on an empire and busting unions. I would say Walmart represents America.. but its not a positive thing.

[Stumbler]

6. Ditto

[dotymed]

8. Exactly

Sad but true.....

[Nay]

11. My first thought as well...Walmart perfectly represents the crappy

wages, shitty working conditions, union busting, money-grubbing, assholiness that exemplifies this country at this time. And that's not a good thing.

[Monk06]

2. Well in a way that's true ........

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

[DeSwiss]

7. Oh it's America all right.....

Whoops, I forgot to add this one:

[tonekat]

26. Someone's been to the People of WalMart site!

That site is something....like a look at some sort of Alternative World....a very ugly, cheap alternative world.

[DeSwiss]

29. Unfortunate.

But true.

[madmom]

28. and you think this is any better?......

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/07/fugs_couture.html


click on some of those links, these wal-mart shoppers look like they take some of their fashion advise straight from New York fashion week.

[DeSwiss]

30. Ummmm....

...NO!



:rofl:

[Anakin Skywalker]

4. Fox News/Glenn Beck/O'Lielly

should represent American too, then! This is disgusting. Who the hell did they poll?

[liberal N proud]

9. Sad

:puke:

[SergeStorms]

10. Sam Walton.......

was a great contributing factor in the destruction of this country's manufacturing base. When I see these TV programs lately that attempt to lionize that son-of-a-bitch I want to vomit. :puke:

The entire Walton family represents everything that I despise about unfettered capitalism and it's crushing effect on small town America.

It's a sad commentary on our times when Wal-Mart, which had everything to do with the destruction of the American Dream, is chosen as it's leading symbol. :banghead:

[and-justice-for-all]

12. Well is'nt that sad...nt

[Sabriel]

13. Is that an improvement on McDonald's?

I can't decide.

[ScottLand]

14. Aren't we ALL working for Walmart in some way?

Maybe we could work "Walmart" into the name of our country!

[comtec]

15. I agree... just not for the reasons they think (nt)

[Demit]

16. Actually, you can't tell from the article, or the poll question, what they think.

[cdsilv]

17. I picked Walmart as well- but this is not a good thing. n/tg

[rurallib]

18. "bibes bad?" "Campaign contributions" are ok though?

Like Grassley's $2 million in health industry "campaign contributions?"

[shadowknows69]

19. Yep, completely doomed. Rome has got 10 years left maybe.

[Bluenorthwest]

20. The rest of the data seems to imply that 'best symbolizes' is not a

positive at all. Men I'd change places with- Clooney, Obama, Sprinsteen. Women- Michelle, Hillary, Angelina Jolie and Beyonce.
These are not the choices of those who see Walmart as a lovely symbol of America.

[WriteDown]

21. The people you picked...

are all fabulously wealthy as well. I think most people would trade with them. :)

[Mr. Sparkle]

22. Hmm, so a majority think of themselves as chinese cheap chique.

Damn Southerners !

[Brickbat]

23. Sure it does -- made in China for cheap, short-term personal gain in favor of long-term collective

loss, and the belief that putting a flag and a cozy commercial on anything will make it all better.

[totodeinhere]

24. At least we can take heart that in the poll 50% favor requiring the rich to pay their fair share in

taxes.

[Javaman]

25. "Wal-Mart as the institution that best symbolizes America today."

no truer words were ever written.

Give it some thought before you flip out and accuse me of being a china-mart supporter.

[RedCloud]

31. That's why some folks at Wal-Mart should be institutionalized.

[smirkymonkey]

27. That does it....

I'm moving to Europe.