Dante Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Just about done with Costco any way.Crony capitalist's always cuddle up to Barry. http://www.wnd.com/2014/07/costco-removing-dsouzas-america-from-shelves/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Thanks just emailed them thanking them for doing this. Cheers. 11 Reasons To Love Costco That Have Nothing To Do With Shopping Huffington Post | By Kevin Short Posted: 11/19/2013 11:32 am EST | Updated: 11/20/2013 11:21 am EST 35,290 912 19 2,410 1254 GET BUSINESS NEWSLETTERS: SUBSCRIBE FOLLOW: Business, Video, Wal-Mart , 11 Reasons To Like Costco, 11 Reasons To Love Costco, 11 Reasons To Love Costco That Have Nothing To Do With Shopping, Costco, Costco Black Friday 2013,Costco Hours, Huffington Post Costco, Reasons To Love Costco, Top Stories, Business News It's not just the bulk toilet paper and $1.50 hot dog combos. There's more going on here. 1. The company pays a living wage. Costco's CEO and president, Craig Jelinek, has publicly endorsed raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, and he takes that to heart. The company's starting pay is $11.50 per hour, and the average employee wage is $21 per hour, not including overtime. Most other big box retailers start their employees at minimum wage. 2. Workers get benefits. About 88 percent of Costco employees have company-sponsored health insurance, according to David Sherwood, Costco's Director of Financial Planning and Investor Relations. "I just think people need to make a living wage with health benefits,” Jelinek told Bloomberg. “It also puts more money back into the economy and creates a healthier country. It’s really that simple.” 3. The CEO makes a reasonable salary. Costco's CEO makes far less than most executives, with a total compensation package of about $4.83 million in 2012. In contrast, Walmart CEO Mike Duke made roughly $19.3 million during the same year. Walmart's CEO earns as much as 796 average employees, according to CNN Money, compared to Costco's CEO making 48 times more than the company's median wage. 4. Costco helped its employees weather the recession. When the economic crisis hit and other retailers laid off workers, Costco's CEO approved a $1.50-an-hour wage increase for many hourly employees, spread out over three years. 5. Costco doesn't kill Thanksgiving. While many of its competitors are forcing employees to work on Thanksgiving Day, Costco will buck the trend and stay closed. 6. It also doesn’t waste money on expensive advertising. The company doesn't advertise nor does it hire a public relations staff. Meanwhile, Walmart dropped $1.89 billion on ads in 2011. 7. Its prices aren't horrendously high. Costco never marks up products by more than 15 percent, while most retailers commonly mark products up by more than 25 percent. 8. It embraces equality. Costco scored extremely well (90/100) on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, an assessment of LGBT policies in the workplace. 9. It hires from the inside. More than 70 percent of its warehouse managers began their careers working the register or the floor. 10. Costco's employees are loyal. For employees that have worked at the company for more than one year, the annual turnover rate is below six percent, according to Sherwood. For executives, the turnover rate is less than one percent. 11. Free samples. Need we say more? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/19/reasons-love-costco_n_4275774.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Costso is well within their right to conduct their business as they see fit, but I think it's fairly laughable to claim to champion diversity while pulling a book from its shelves because of a difference in political philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 More shenanigans from one of Obama's cronies. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/america-filmmakers-demand-know-why-717081 Thanks just emailed them thanking them for doing this. Cheers. 11 Reasons To Love Costco That Have Nothing To Do With Shopping Huffington Post | By Kevin Short Posted: 11/19/2013 11:32 am EST | Updated: 11/20/2013 11:21 am EST 912 2,410 SUBSCRIBE FOLLOW: Business, Video, Wal-Mart, 11 Reasons To Like Costco, 11 Reasons To Love Costco, 11 Reasons To Love Costco That Have Nothing To Do With Shopping, Costco, Costco Black Friday 2013,Costco Hours, Huffington Post Costco, Reasons To Love Costco, Top Stories, Business News It's not just the bulk toilet paper and $1.50 hot dog combos. There's more going on here. 1. The company pays a living wage. Costco's CEO and president, Craig Jelinek, has publicly endorsed raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, and he takes that to heart. The company's starting pay is $11.50 per hour, and the average employee wage is $21 per hour, not including overtime. Most other big box retailers start their employees at minimum wage. 2. Workers get benefits. About 88 percent of Costco employees have company-sponsored health insurance, according to David Sherwood, Costco's Director of Financial Planning and Investor Relations. "I just think people need to make a living wage with health benefits,” Jelinek told Bloomberg. “It also puts more money back into the economy and creates a healthier country. It’s really that simple.” 3. The CEO makes a reasonable salary. Costco's CEO makes far less than most executives, with a total compensation package of about $4.83 million in 2012. In contrast, Walmart CEO Mike Duke made roughly $19.3 million during the same year. Walmart's CEO earns as much as 796 average employees, according to CNN Money, compared to Costco's CEO making 48 times more than the company's median wage. 4. Costco helped its employees weather the recession. When the economic crisis hit and other retailers laid off workers, Costco's CEO approved a $1.50-an-hour wage increase for many hourly employees, spread out over three years. 5. Costco doesn't kill Thanksgiving. While many of its competitors are forcing employees to work on Thanksgiving Day, Costco will buck the trend and stay closed. 6. It also doesn’t waste money on expensive advertising. The company doesn't advertise nor does it hire a public relations staff. Meanwhile, Walmart dropped $1.89 billion on ads in 2011. 7. Its prices aren't horrendously high. Costco never marks up products by more than 15 percent, while most retailers commonly mark products up by more than 25 percent. 8. It embraces equality. Costco scored extremely well (90/100) on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, an assessment of LGBT policies in the workplace. 9. It hires from the inside. More than 70 percent of its warehouse managers began their careers working the register or the floor. 10. Costco's employees are loyal. For employees that have worked at the company for more than one year, the annual turnover rate is below six percent, according to Sherwood. For executives, the turnover rate is less than one percent. 11. Free samples. Need we say more? http://www.huffingto..._n_4275774.html First of all Huffpo? LOL. Second. They are the only company that have benefits, a living wage? Don't charge high prices? A lot of others benefit from advertising so whats the problem there? All the rest of the stuff on the list looks like bullshite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 More shenanigans from one of Obama's cronies. http://www.hollywood...know-why-717081 You know what's amazing is not even whether the WH fools are behind all of this, but simply the fact that this embarrassing concept is completely plausible. He's widely known and recognized as having the thinnest of skins, and unable to process criticism without finding someone -- anyone -- else to blame. While I would argue Obama isn't quite smart enough to do something like this, it's completely within the realm of Valerie Jarrett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Costso is well within their right to conduct their business as they see fit, but I think it's fairly laughable to claim to champion diversity while pulling a book from its shelves because of a difference in political philosophy. Agreed. It's within their rights but lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 A Washington Post political reporter has noted Obama’s “romance” with the nation’s second-largest retailer. According to that Washington Post reporter, Costco has contributed $100,000 to Obama and another $100,000 to Priorities USA, the pro-Obama super PAC. In addition, Susan Brotman, wife of Costco co-founder Jeff Brotman was an Obama campaign bundler in 2012 who collected over $500,000 in donations. As of this writing, D'Souzas book has soared to #3 overall at Amazon due in large part to the publicity Costco has given "America" by banning it. Unfortunately for them they can't reap the rewards of the book sales not only because they pulled it from their bookshelves but are also being punished by many outraged Costco customers who are quitting their membership. Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-gladnick/2014/07/08/costco-removes-dinesh-dsouzas-america-bookshelves#ixzz36toiDzxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Perhaps they're simply unwilling to promote a book penned by a convicted felon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Perhaps they're simply unwilling to promote a book penned by a convicted felon? Nope. The Autobiorgaphy of Malcom X is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Costso is well within their right to conduct their business as they see fit, but I think it's fairly laughable to claim to champion diversity while pulling a book from its shelves because of a difference in political philosophy. That's the beauty of it. Costco can do as it pleases. and so can we...............with our money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Only the right wing would yell censorship over a book that is number theee on a best sellers list. Looking for victimhood anywhere they can only feel it. Just amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) 6. It also doesn’t waste money on expensive advertising. The company doesn't advertise nor does it hire a public relations staff. Meanwhile, Walmart dropped $1.89 billion on ads in 2011. So now supporting hundreds of thousands of people working in the advertising and related industries is a BAD thing?? I guess a job pushing shopping carts or stocking shelves at Costco would be more rewarding. Let me guess; if Walmart stopped all its advertising, retards like you would be crying about them 'hording money'. Edited July 8, 2014 by KD in CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 Only the right wing would yell censorship over a book that is number theee on a best sellers list. Looking for victimhood anywhere they can only feel it. Just amazing! I think a left wing zelot would be alarmed at the cosey relationship Obama has with corporate kingpins like Costco, GE, Google and whomever else he is selling out to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 So now supporting hundreds of thousands of people working in the advertising and related industries is a BAD thing?? I guess a job pushing shopping carts or stocking shelves at Costco would be more rewarding. Let me guess; if Walmart stopped all its advertising, retards like you would be crying about them 'hording money'. Not to mention, precisely how much money does our federal government -- the darling 'corporation' of progressives and statists everywhere -- spend on expensive advertising? I still drive by old signs announcing work being done on behalf of the Recovery Act. But hey...if it will save just one job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I think a left wing zelot would be alarmed at the cosey relationship Obama has with corporate kingpins like Costco, GE, Google and whomever else he is selling out to. No, that's different because "SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 No, that's different because "SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" I wonder if they'd refer to Sinegal as "Jimmy Boy" if he was buddies with a Bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Perhaps they're simply unwilling to promote a book penned by a convicted felon? Notice something strange about this selective prosecution of a known critic of the POTUS vs. the governments silence in the Lois Lerner/IRS scandal? How about the publicly called for killing of George Zimmerman and offered bounty by the Black Panthers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Right up the alley of this most pathetic of administrations. The midterms can't come soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Only the right wing would yell censorship over a book that is number theee on a best sellers list. Looking for victimhood anywhere they can only feel it. Just amazing! Are you trying to say that victim hood is a coveted status that confers privelages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 They folded. Costco Reverses Decision to Pull Dinesh D’Souza’s Book Original Article . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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