Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 19, 2023

Those petticoats and bonnets aren’t going to make themselves.

Same thing that is happening to Trump-supporter Mike Lydell—and deservedly so!!

The Waltons are one of the richest families in America, but their employees are on food stamps. https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance

wasn’t aware that saipan had any industry in addition to tourism. it’s doubtful garry even knows where saipan is.

Walmart is a very colonial organization. After Sam died, they made people stop wearing individual styles and made us all wear blue shirts and khaki pants. Still had stupid people if we worked there anyhow.

And it still goes on…

Treat your employees well, Phred, and you’ll have no issues.

There’s a brilliant line in The Magnificent Seven where the villain Calvera gives Chris and Vin the rationalization of all despots: “It may even be sacrilegious. If God didn’t want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep.”

https://youtu.be/DcmzHtokiMw?t=90

That’s the problem with success. The greater you succeed the greater the scrutiny.

“Colonial wear” is really turning the screw.

If foreign labor gets too expensive, the manufactures will come home. And ban unions, cut worker’s pay and renege on retirement and health care.