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THANK YOU VERY MUCH I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HER TO GO AROUND THE COUNTRY AND TALK ABOUT THE WORK YOU'RE... |
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I HEARD THIS MORNING WAL-MART AGREED TO PAY A RATHER LARGE FINE FOR LUNCH HOUR SHENANIGANS. |
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YES. |
| 00:27:00 |
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THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH. |
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THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. -- THIS IS VERY -- WHEN OBAMA WON AND THIS IS ANOTHER, THE POLITICAL WINDS,... |
| 00:28:33 |
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AS YOU TOUCH ON AND ALSO IN EXISTING LITERATURE OF WAL-MART THERE ARE TWO STORIES, ONE OF WHICH IS,... |
| 00:29:56 |
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THAT'S TRUE, THE LAST THING YOU SAY IS TRUE, INSOFAR AS WE HAVE EN DEMCALLY UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDER... |
| 00:33:29 |
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DO YOU THINK UNIONS WILL EVER GET IN THERE? |
| 00:33:38 |
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WELL, AT THE CURRENT MOMENT IT WOULD BE QUITE DIFFICULT. IF NOT OENLT FOR THIS REASON, THE WAY THE... |
| 00:35:58 |
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.. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE SUCCESS OF... [INAUDIBLE]. |
| 00:36:03 |
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EXCELLENT QUESTION. KMART WAS A PIONEER AND MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WAL-MART IN THE 1960s AND 1970s AND... |
| 00:40:36 |
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CAN YOU COMMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WAL-MART AND THE CLINTONS? |
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SURE. BE HAPPY TO. BILL CLINTON OF COURSE WAS THE GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS. IN THE 19 80s DURING A TIME... |
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SOMEONE ELSE, ANYONE ELSE HASN'T SPOKEN? LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION? YES, SIR. |
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IS THERE ANY FEAR OF ANTI-TRUST LINKAGE AT THAT POINT? |
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NO. THIS OF COURSE IS A BUYER. THEY ARE NOT -- THE ANTI-TRUST LAWS ARE MAINLY FOR THOSE WHO FIX PRICES,... |
| 00:46:27 |
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BUT ALSO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FOOD STAMPS AND THE HEALTH CARE OF THE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES... |
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WAL-MART WAS HOSTILE TO GOVERNMENT REGULATION, HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUITE ADEPT AT USING THE VARIOUS KINDS... |
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IF THE DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY SUCCEEDED IN GETTING SOMETHING AS EXTREME AS A SINGLE PAYOR HEALTH CARE... |
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IN THIS WAY: IF PEOPLE KNEW THEY COULD TAKE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, MANY MORE... |
| 00:50:08 |
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IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE, THERE ARE COMPANIES LIKE CARREFOUR, IN FRANCE, IN PARTICULAR THERE ARE THE... |
| 00:50:51 |
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THE DISCOUNTSERS ARE VERY BIG IN EUROPE, TESCO IS HUGE, ASDO THE WAL-MART BRANCH IN THE U.K., GERMANY,... |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. |
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NELSON LIECHTENSTEIN IS THE AUTHOR OF "WALTER RUETHER, THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN DETROIT AND IS DIRECTOR... |
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