Walmart disappointment

I'm just a little irritated tonight. It's not bad enough that our country could default to China at the whim of the Chinese goverment, but I discovered something at Walmart today that just made my heart sick. Knowing what Sam Walton stood for and his belief in the American way of life and trying to have most products made in Amerca, he would certainly be turning over in his grave right now. I was looking at kitchen towels in the linens department of our local Walmart this afternoon. To my shock, they are made in Vietnam. Yes, Vietnam. Has our country gone totally off the deep end? Why are we doing business with a country where we had a war where so many of our young people of the '60s and '70s were killed or came home as drug addicts or have PTSD? The war made no sense then and it still does not make sense in the history books.

Is product production in 3rd world countries going to take precedence over common sense? In market reports approximately a week ago, the journalist suggested that Walmart is going to start having a rough time with trade in China soon. The Chinese government is going to soon be reevaluating their currency. Does this mean more and more things will be made in Vietnam? This is truly a slap in the face of all those who served in that non-declared war.

Another slap in the face has also been to all the women who were in the class action suit against Walmart for job discrimination. The judge threw the case out because there were too many plaintants in the suit. Huh? That's what a class action suit entails. Helen Walton, spouse to Sam Walton, was a driving force behind his success and continued on with her philanthropic outreaching until her death in 2007. Had they not joined together as a team to purchase a Ben Franklin Store back in 1945, success may not have been as easily attained. Would Helen be satisfied with the way women have been forced to take a back seat in the company both she and Sam so proudly nurtured? There are many issues Walmart needs to really take a look at because the way they are heading is reminiscent of other retailers who have lost sight of what the origins of the store were all about.