Chris Kofinis Quotes (23 Quotes)

As these facts get out, and the American people learn that decisions were made not to fund improvements of the levees because of Iraq, they will not be happy.

None of the changes address the key point that a 'Wal-Mart bank' would result in a dangerous concentration of economic power which is bad for consumers, small business, and our nation's economy.

We don't want to destroy Wal-Mart. We want to change it, to make it a decent, humane company, which it could easily do. We're not going to rest or sleep one bit until that happens.

The truth is, Wal-Mart is feeding the Medicaid crisis in state after state by passing on their health care responsibilities to the American taxpayer.

Rather than address the serious issues of unaffordable health care, poverty wages, crime, and sprawl, Wal-Marts latest and greatest public relations stunt is to try to rebuild a fraction of the very communities and small business it has helped destroy.

It's another sad day where Americans learn the truth about Wal-Mart's business practices and the depths they will go to provide so-called low prices.

We think its only fair after all the ballot and financial help Republicans have given Nader -- let alone all the help Nader is taking from Republicans -- that we do our part to bring you all together for next week's big Republican party in New York City.

The notion that Sam Walton cared about its workers, and the community, those positive aspects have gone.

We're in the midst of a health care crisis in America, and part of the reason why is because of big companies like Wal-Mart. It has a ripple effect. Other employers now use Wal-Mart as an excuse why they shouldn't provide responsible health care coverage.

Our hope is that what comes from this is that Wal-Mart will take seriously our concerns and millions of people who want to see Wal-Mart do the right thing every day,

Wal-Mart understands that they have a growing public relations disaster on their hands. American people are looking at a company with 10 billion in profit and 285 billion in sales that makes excuse after excuse about why it can't provide a living wage and health care to its workers.

States like Maryland should be applauded, not sued, for trying to address the tragic fact that in state after state Wal-Mart forces taxpayers to subsidize its health-care costs.

Federal regulators need to heed Chairman Greenspan's warning and realize that a Wal-Mart bank would pose serious and grave threat to consumers, community banks and the economic health of this nation.

More consumers don't just see Wal-Mart as a business, they see it is a social and political issue. Until Wal-Mart changes substantially, those consumers they are going after, who can make a choice about where they shop, will avoid Wal-Mart.

In terms of pay and benefits, the Wal-Mart business model is leading this race to the bottom. Unfortunately, other companies are following it.

economic divide in this country that we are fighting as a group to address.

If Wal-Mart was serious about diversity, it would hire independent auditors, stop refusing to disclose its diversity goals, and finally release the hard data about what Wal-Mart pays its women and minority workers.

All these initiatives are good for Wal-Mart but they don't address the core problems that they create for their workers and their communities.

For years, labor leaders were fighting Wal-Mart the old way, but times have changed.

The Maryland bill is a responsible piece of legislation that will make sure that large employers live up to their health care responsibilities.

It should concern every American taxpayer. Their dirty little secret is they provide so-called low prices by shifting heath-care costs to the taxpayers.

All we know is that again and again, Wal-Mart will say one thing and do the opposite.

Stuck in the midst of a public relations quagmire that no other company faces, Wal-Mart realizes that it must change its faltering public image to ensure its future success.