Comments on: The Walmart Tipping Point http://www.briancuban.com/the-walmart-tipping-point/ Brian Cuban's version of TRUTH, JUSTICE and the UN-AMERICAN WAY Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:40:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: JD http://www.briancuban.com/the-walmart-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-246 JD Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:25:12 +0000 http://briancuban.com/?p=138#comment-246 Don states it correctly. She should have settled for $1.4m. JD Don states it correctly. She should have settled for $1.4m.

JD

]]> By: fancypantscz http://www.briancuban.com/the-walmart-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-157 fancypantscz Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:15:31 +0000 http://briancuban.com/?p=138#comment-157 This tipping point effect appears to work best for individual outrageous events in the popular media. I guess that is because sensational stories get attention. Don't get me wrong, this rightly offers at least a little justice for those who suffer outrageous wrongdoings and it is in fact the seed for greater corporate accountability. However, the vast majority of harm done to our communities by inhumane corporations is done beyond the view of popular media. Stories about lobbyists writing EPA legislation to end mandatory reporting of toxic and hazardous emissions from industrial cattle farms just don't seem to make it to the front page of digg for example. However, if powerful corporations can influence federal regulation or otherwise externalize their production costs onto our social/environmental well being in order to fatten their bottom line, they most certainly will. The U.S. economy continues to be almost exclusively driven by consumer spending. When a large enough group of consumers took it upon themselves to demand transparency in corporate activities and voted with their dollars for brands that truly benefited the consuming community's own best interests, another, arguably more substantial tipping point would be reached -- in essence a consumer revolution democratizing the marketplace and redistributing decision making power from the international elites to informed communities on the ground. This is a tipping point from which we would all greatly benefit. This tipping point effect appears to work best for individual outrageous events in the popular media. I guess that is because sensational stories get attention. Don’t get me wrong, this rightly offers at least a little justice for those who suffer outrageous wrongdoings and it is in fact the seed for greater corporate accountability. However, the vast majority of harm done to our communities by inhumane corporations is done beyond the view of popular media. Stories about lobbyists writing EPA legislation to end mandatory reporting of toxic and hazardous emissions from industrial cattle farms just don’t seem to make it to the front page of digg for example. However, if powerful corporations can influence federal regulation or otherwise externalize their production costs onto our social/environmental well being in order to fatten their bottom line, they most certainly will.
The U.S. economy continues to be almost exclusively driven by consumer spending. When a large enough group of consumers took it upon themselves to demand transparency in corporate activities and voted with their dollars for brands that truly benefited the consuming community’s own best interests, another, arguably more substantial tipping point would be reached — in essence a consumer revolution democratizing the marketplace and redistributing decision making power from the international elites to informed communities on the ground. This is a tipping point from which we would all greatly benefit.

]]> By: Don http://www.briancuban.com/the-walmart-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Don Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:15:56 +0000 http://briancuban.com/?p=138#comment-154 "Wal-Mart proceeded to sue Debbie pursuant to a subrogation clause in her health insurance policy. This clause is in pretty much all health insurance policies." Well maybe Debbie's lawyer should have know this if it is in pretty much all health insurance policies and sued the trucking company for Walmarts cut. Then everyone would be happy. You sign something, you should know what you are signing. So they have changed their policy to case by case. Now what will happen? “Wal-Mart proceeded to sue Debbie pursuant to a subrogation clause in her health insurance policy. This clause is in pretty much all health insurance policies.”
Well maybe Debbie’s lawyer should have know this if it is in pretty much all health insurance policies and sued the trucking company for Walmarts cut. Then everyone would be happy. You sign something, you should know what you are signing. So they have changed their policy to case by case. Now what will happen?

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