In the essay Sebastian Mallaby persuades readers that the retail giant, Wal-Mart isn’t the evil empire that people claim. Although he acknowledges the company isn’t saintly, they provide workers with basic healthcare coverage and income for its employees.
I both agree and disagree with some of Mallaby’s assertions about Wal-Mart. is taking a pretty hard beating from its critics but on the other hand I question his claims and statistics. Mallaby claims “the average Wal-Mart customer earns thirty five thousand a year,” (pg. 621) who came up with that? What site, name, company, etc.? Without knowing that I cannot believe Mallaby’s claim to be true. For instance he states that poor families spend more money on food then anything, I don’t trust his ethos here, and I believe people with larger families spend more on food and basics, because they have more family members to supply for. Wal-Mart has not only thrown small retailers out of business but it keeps new ones from open shop …show more content…
Mallaby expresses that Wal-Mart does save consumers money, but from personal experience I have discovered if you coupon right you can get the same amount of groceries from Smiths, A Fresh Market, or even Harmon’s for the same price as Wal-Mart. Mallaby also suggests that people working at Wal-Mart or have jobs should receive medical aid, where is Mallaby’s logos here? I do not think that people who have jobs shouldn’t be on Medicaid, if you have a job you shouldn’t need the help. I was receiving food stamps while jobless and not in school, once I started full time school I was disqualified from the food stamp program because they believe if you can go to school full time you can work part time. If I had a part-time job I wouldn’t need the food stamps, I could afford to buy my own food. Over all I believe that Wal-Mart does not operate to make others fail I just don’t agree or trust some of Mallaby’s claims.
I both agree and disagree with some of Mallaby’s assertions about Wal-Mart. is taking a pretty hard beating from its critics but on the other hand I question his claims and statistics. Mallaby claims “the average Wal-Mart customer earns thirty five thousand a year,” (pg. 621) who came up with that? What site, name, company, etc.? Without knowing that I cannot believe Mallaby’s claim to be true. For instance he states that poor families spend more money on food then anything, I don’t trust his ethos here, and I believe people with larger families spend more on food and basics, because they have more family members to supply for. Wal-Mart has not only thrown small retailers out of business but it keeps new ones from open shop …show more content…
Mallaby expresses that Wal-Mart does save consumers money, but from personal experience I have discovered if you coupon right you can get the same amount of groceries from Smiths, A Fresh Market, or even Harmon’s for the same price as Wal-Mart. Mallaby also suggests that people working at Wal-Mart or have jobs should receive medical aid, where is Mallaby’s logos here? I do not think that people who have jobs shouldn’t be on Medicaid, if you have a job you shouldn’t need the help. I was receiving food stamps while jobless and not in school, once I started full time school I was disqualified from the food stamp program because they believe if you can go to school full time you can work part time. If I had a part-time job I wouldn’t need the food stamps, I could afford to buy my own food. Over all I believe that Wal-Mart does not operate to make others fail I just don’t agree or trust some of Mallaby’s claims.