Sunday, November 18, 2012


 Is Walmart good for America?

Looking at the documentary, “Is Wal-Mart good for America” I believe that there should be a fair trade in system, the producer and the retails who sell those product should have a way to bargain their price instead of the retails just not wanting to negotiate. I came up to this conclusion because watching the video about “Is Wal-Mart good for America”. I think Wal-Mart is a great company for providing low cost products but on the other had making manufacturing company run out of business is a bad thing for a country economy as shown on the video 30 million of consumer goods are coming from China as 3 million of stuff is being send back to China. I think the trading source isn’t fair for this reason. I think we should try to cut off on the trade and try to make a sale margin that would not impact the consumer nor would impact the manufacture because if manufacture plants are to be out of business every year then their employees are to run out of work and the margin for good living lie would only depend on the social security or would be depending upon government to increase it. Company like Wal-Mart should not only think about themselves and their profit margin but should think about other manufacture and companies who are competing with them and the US government should take a look and an action over to make a fair trade and set a price margin for the same products either created in US or imported from other country like China.

Monday, November 12, 2012

week 12


Who Completes Which Task in Your Family?

 

Task
Mom
Dad
Kids
Other
No One
Cook Dinner
X
 
 
 
 
Pack School Lunches
X
 
 
 
 
Laundry
X
 
 
 
 
Drop Off/Pick Up Dry Cleaning
X
 
 
 
 
Shovel Snow
 
X
 
 
 
Mow the Lawn
 
X
 
 
 
Car Repairs & Maintenance
 
X
 
 
 
Give Kids a Bath
X
 
 
 
 
Put Kids to Bed
X
 
 
 
 
Get Kids Up and Dressed for School
 
 
X
 
 
Make Breakfast
X
 
 
 
 
Write and Send Holiday Cards
X
 
 
 
 
Pay Bills
X
 
 
 
 
Buy Birthday and Holiday Gifts for Kids
X
 
 
 
 
Feed Pets
X
 
 
 
 
Walk Dog
X
 
 
 
 
Buy Birthday and Holiday Gifts for Extended Family (Grandparents, etc.)
X
 
 
 
 
Plan Kids’ Birthday Parties
X
 
 
 
 
Plan Family Vacations
X
 
 
 
 
Drive During Family Outings
 
X
 
 
 
Vacuum
X
 
 
 
 
Sweep/Mop Floors
X
 
 
 
 
Clean Bathrooms
X
 
 
 
 
Straighten Up
X
X
 
 
 
Program VCR/TiVo
x
X
 
 
 
Schedule and Take Kids to Doctor Appts.
X
 
 
 
 
Set Table for Dinner
X
 
 
 
 
Do the Dishes
X
 
 
 
 
Pick Kids Up From School when Sick
X
 
 
 
 
Drive Kids to School/Day Care/Activities
X
 
 
 
 
Find Activities for Kids (Boy Scouts, etc.)
X
 
 
 
 
Talk to Kids’ Teachers
X
 
 
 
 
Talk to Parents of Kids’ Friends
X
 
 
 
 
Play with Kids
X
X
 
 
 
Comparison Shopping for Big Purchases
X
 
 
 
 
Grocery Shopping
X
 
 
 
 
Take Pets to Vet
X
 
 
 
 
Purchase New Clothes for Kids
X
 
 
 
 
Make/Monitor Financial Investments
 
X
 
 
 
Volunteer at Kids’ School
X
 
 
 
 
Coach/Run/Sponsor Kids’ Activity
X
x
 
 
 

Filling up the task chart and going through the book and the podcast . I think mom puts lot of effort in running the family smoother then dad because if we look at the chart examples such as cooking food for the family, washing dishes, taking kids to the school, set a dinner table, go shopping and so on are done by mom and things like grass mowing and snow shovel and car repairs are only the thing that dad does and still we have more option to do it whenever we want it to happen but mom has to do it at the same time because if she refuses to do so then the family have to suffer through sleeping hungry and many other problems. So I think moms are the ones running family smoothly.