there is hope

this blog title could take me anywhere, but it was inspired by conversations with yash, sam, trev, and kathleen tonight. i was getting upset because it seems like all the big corporations or all the politicians do a lot of dirty work to get where they are and to earn power and lots of money. so sam was able to tell me a little bit about Costco, and the guy who founded costco, and i looked up the article online. pleaase check it out, i've heard a lot of hype in portland about how much wal-mart sucks, and this is a comparison in numbers and business strategy that is really interesting. all it takes is a different approach. here's one example of there being hope-

"Besides the efficiency of its workforce, another reason Costco can afford to pay more is that it cuts the fat from executive paychecks. The overall corporate philosophy is that workers deserve a fair share of the profits they help generate — not just a pat on the back or a new job title like “associate.”

For example, while CEOs at other major corporations average 531 times the pay of their lowest-paid employees, Sinegal takes only 10 times the pay of his typical employee. His annual salary is $350,000, compared to about $5.3 million awarded to Wal-Mart’s Lee Scott."


the guy who founded costco could be taking in a LOT more money than he does... but he distributes it instead.


I also found out by reading this article that sam's club is a division of wal-mart.

i guess we were all being really critical of the way the world works, and then we realized, that we all contribute, and we have some choices, like what companies we support. it's a small way of being able to practice what you preach by following a set of values where humans are appreciated and goodness is perpetuated.

check out the article - http://www.laborresearch.org/print.php?id=391