[POLL] United States Presidential Elections 2016

[squadops]

Well to be fair, they have saved me a few dollars once or twice

 

[CodeRedR51]

Well to be fair, they have saved me a few dollars once or twice

Yeah because they don't take cash. (cash machine is broken)

 

[squadops]

Shuush. lol

 

[Johnnypenso]

Yeah, like those typically half broken self checkout stations at Walmart.

Yes, because technology is unreliable and doesn't work half the time right?

 

[GTPorsche]

Yes, because technology is unreliable and doesn't work half the time right?

Wal-mart's self checkout kiosks are unreliable and don't work most of the time.

 

[squadops]

It was all a joke that I started because it's an opportunity to rip them off.

 

[Johnnypenso]

Wal-mart's self checkout kiosks are unreliable and don't work most of the time.

Yes, Walmart is known for embracing technology that doesn't work right? Got a link to that?

Wal Mart Stores : Self-service kiosk market to reach $18 billion by 2020

The self-service kiosk market is expected to be worth $18 billion by 2020, according to a new study released by Technavio. Retail will hold the highest market share in the industry, followed by entertainment and travel.

Walmart adds mobile twist to self-service checkout

You know a retail idea is worth watching when giant retailer Wal-Mart decides to experiment with it. So, merchants of all sizes take note: the store is planning to test a system that will let shoppers add items to a "cart" using an application on their mobile phone as they walk the aisles. The purchases can be completed at self-service kiosks, reports The Wall Street Journal.

 

[huskeR32]

WaPo say Trump's popularity is all about the less educated voter and guess what, they're wrong.

Unsurprisingly, the actual data disagrees with you. Again.

 

[CodeRedR51]

It was all a joke that I started because it's an opportunity to rip them off.

Oh it's a self checkout, I'm sure people "accidentally" forget to ring up items every day.

Yes, Walmart is known for embracing technology that doesn't work right? Got a link to that?

Just walk into your local Walmart and see it first hand.

 

[Johnnypenso]

Just walk into your local Walmart and see it first hand.

Anecdotal data from the Windsor Walmart trumps statistics and national trends any day right?

 

[squadops]

The machines actually do work, but you can manipulate the process.

 

[GTPorsche]

Yes, Walmart is known for embracing technology that doesn't work right? Got a link to that?

Wal Mart Stores : Self-service kiosk market to reach $18 billion by 2020



Walmart adds mobile twist to self-service checkout

Difficult to link to personal anecdotal data.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Anecdotal data from the Windsor Walmart trumps statistics and national trends any day right?

Difficult to link to personal anecdotal data.

This.

If you can walk into your local store and see it, I can walk into my local store and see it, GTPorsche here can see it at his local stores, I sense an overwhelming trend here.

 

[Johnnypenso]

Unsurprisingly, the actual data disagrees with you. Again.

Actual data you provided agrees with him actually. He said Trumps support was not all about uneducated voters and it's not. The included polling data shows Trump in a dead heat with Cruz and Rubio with College educated voters and winning by a mile with those with no degree. So it's not all about the less educated obviously because he holds his own among the college educated as well.

This.

If you can walk into your local store and see it, I can walk into my local store and see it, GTPorsche here can see it at his local stores, I sense an overwhelming trend here.

Yes, an overwhelming trend of 2 people and 2 Walmarts Don't let the $18 billion in self serve kiosk sales get in the way of the overwhelming anectodotal data of 2 Walmarts.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Yes, an overwhelming trend of 2 people and 2 Walmarts Don't let the $18 billion in self serve kiosk sales get in the way of the overwhelming anectodotal data of 2 Walmarts.

The point is that it's likely a wide spread issue which your "know it all" attitude can't seem to grasp.

 

[GTPorsche]

That's 18 billion by 2020, not 18 billion currently. There's no need to skew things here.

 

[Johnnypenso]

This.

If you can walk into your local store and see it, I can walk into my local store and see it, GTPorsche here can see it at his local stores, I sense an overwhelming trend here.

The point is that it's likely a wide spread issue which your "know it all" attitude can't seem to grasp.

It's likely a widespread issue because you and one other person on an internet forum think it is. Gotcha.

 

[huskeR32]

Actual data you provided agrees with him actually. He said Trumps support was not all about uneducated voters and it's not. The included polling data shows Trump in a dead heat with Cruz and Rubio with College educated voters and winning by a mile with those with no degree. So it's not all about the less educated obviously because he holds his own among the college educated as well.

That's one way to spin it, I guess.

A more direct way to look at it is that his yuge lead among low-education voters is exactly why he's ahead, given that among higher-educated voters it's, as you put it yourself, a "dead heat." Without that enormous lead among the low-education cohort, he'd be fighting for his life right now instead of enjoying a commanding lead.

 

[Adamgp]

My neighborhood Walmart is a dump, but all 10 self checkouts work fine every time I'm there.

 

[CodeRedR51]

It's likely a widespread issue because you and one other person on an internet forum think it is. Gotcha.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion there that you really only need to visit a few stores and open your eyes. Unless that is something you are physically incapable of doing.

 

[Johnnypenso]

My neighborhood Walmart is a dump, but all 10 self checkouts work fine every time I'm there.

This. I'm sensing an overwhelming trend.

 

[GTPorsche]

All I've got to say is I've used self-checkouts in grocery stores and other retail stores long before Wal-mart implemented them with no problem at all. Wal-mart's have always had some issue with them any time I tried to use them.

Through my own personal experience, Wal-mart's self-checkout kiosks mostly suck and are only reliable at not functioning properly.

 

[ECGadget]

Only here to get onto the Wal-Mart self serve topic (I am confused how this relates to the elections exactly...) But they are notoriously bad here at ASDA (Walmart in the UK). The systems itself are fine, until you try to actually bag the item. Better now though, it only fails 4/10 or thereabouts for me, but many people stuggle with them...

But seriously, reading all this makes me see the US Elections as some sort of reality TV show...

 

[squadops]

I was just joking guys, yeesh it got all serious and such

It relates to the election because we are speaking of employment.

 

[GTPorsche]

But seriously, reading all this makes me see the US Elections as some sort of reality TV show...

This was pretty much the Republican party.

 

[-Cheezman-]

I was just joking guys, yeesh it got all serious and such

It relates to the election because we are speaking of employment.

...And let's be honest; the presidency is the ultimate form of employment.

$400,000 annual salary, $50,000 annual expense account, $100,000 tax-free travel account, body guards, a big ass house, oh and you get a button that can end the world!

Those are some mighty fine benefits.

 

[CSLACR]

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion there that you really only need to visit a few stores and open your eyes. Unless that is something you are physically incapable of doing.

I've never been to a Wal Mart where the self checkouts were all broken. Sometimes one or two, (out of 8+) but at all of my local(ish) Wal Marts the self checkouts are great.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I've never been to a Wal Mart where the self checkouts were all broken. Sometimes one or two, (out of 8+) but at all of my local(ish) Wal Marts the self checkouts are great.

I didn't say all, I said half. But even if they are all being used, there's typically a few of them that only accept cards or only accept cash because one or the other doesn't work.

Except in Johnny-land where they all work perfectly.

 

[CSLACR]

I didn't say all, I said half. But even if they are all being used, there's typically a few of them that only accept cards or only accept cash because one or the other doesn't work.

Except in Johnny-land where they all work perfectly.

I guess that puts me in johnnyland. I don't keep statistics, so my guesstimate is 90% are fully functional in my closest 3 stores.

 

[A2K78]

He's using principles of Economics 101. There's no debating that minimum wage increases unemployment. It drives up the price of goods and services for everyone, while marginally increasing the wages of those at the minimum. Your $7 burger combo today is $8.50 tomorrow. Less burgers will be sold, less people employed, the cost of labour is higher, the cost and efficiency of using technology instead of humans comes more and more into play. For the most part, minimum wage labour requires minimal skills and minimal training and are the easiest to replace. The fast food industry and other retailers are already exploring and experimenting with kiosks and self serve stations. My "high end" grocery store for example, is also unionized, and has 8 self serve checkout stations handled by one employee. The budget store down the street is crawling with staff and everything is done manually.

The reduction or elimination of tariffs in the global economy has increased the international flow of goods and reduced prices for everyone. Tariffs will increase the price of goods there's no question of that. Increased prices mean lower unit sales given the same disposable income. Lower unit sales = less employment. So you shift production back home right? Dramatically higher labour costs increases the price of goods again. You'd have to have massive tariffs on many small goods in order to be able to compete with low wages and benefits overseas, which again means higher prices to consumers. Adding 5 or 10% to the cost of a toaster isn't going to be enough to cause one of the "donor class" to invest $10's of millions to build a factory to make toasters.

Protectionism and isolationism through tariffs is a fantasy and it's not the answer. Individuals have to adapt and change with the changing economy in order to prosper. Acquire the skills that are in demand and move away from manual and unskilled labour jobs as a primary source of income.

Every word of this post is right on the money. Any to further add to your post, both parties despite their rhetoric on free trade, love protectionism especially when it benefits their favored interest. One can only look at these managed trade deals to see for itself.