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   max headroom to George Smith   
   Re: Starvation Wages a   
   10 Sep 13 23:35:42   
   
   XPost: talk.politics.guns, alt.politics.usa.congress   
   From: maxheadroom@localnet.com   
      
   George Smith  wrote in  news:l0ovi7$r   
   7$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > Just as a followup on this, Walmart has 2.2 million employees.  I estimate   
   > the 1/3 who are part time work 20 hours per week, or 1,040 hours per year.   
   > The full time employees work 2,080 hours per year.  2.2 million x 2/3 =   
   > 1,446,667 employees full time.  2.2 million x 1/3 = 733,333 employees part   
   > time.  1,446,667 x 2,080 = 3,050,666,667 hours.  733,333 x 1,040 =   
   > 762,665,904 hours.  3,050,666,667 + 762,665,904 = 3,813,332,571 hours total.   
   > $25,737,000,000  / 3,813,332,571 = $6.749 an hour. That's the amount Walmart   
   > can raise wages without raising prices and break even for zero profit.   
      
   " ... zero profit."   
      
   Uh-huh.   
      
   I can see the shareholders drooling over this prospect.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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