Mind Blowing Facts About Wal-Mart

Phil from Wisconsin sent me these mind-blowing stats about Walmart. It's incredible just how much business Walmart does.


1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart
Every hour of every day.

2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than
Target sells all year.

4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.

5. Wal-Mart employs 1..6 million people, is the world's largest private employer,
and most speak English.

6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the
history of the world.

7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than
Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep
in mind they did this in only fifteen years.

8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.

9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any
other store in the world.

10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the
USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers;
this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.

11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores.
(Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)

12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen
miles of a Wal-Mart.


Now let's compare that to some facts about the United States Federal Government.


A. The U..S. Postal Service was established
in 1775. You have had 235 years to get it right
and it is broke.


B. Social Security was established in 1935.
You have had 75 years to get it right
and it is broke.


C. Fannie Mae was established in 1938.
You have had 72 years to get it right
and it is broke.

D. War on Poverty started in 1964.
You have had 46 years to get it right;
$1 trillion of our money is confiscated
each year and transferred to "the poor"
and they only want more.

E. Medicare and Medicaid were established
in 1965. You have had 45 years to get it right
and they are broke.

F. Freddie Mac was established in 1970.
You have had 40 years to get it right
and it is broke.

G. The Department of Energy was created in
1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil.
It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with
a budget of $24 billion a year and we
import more oil than ever before.
You had 33 years to get it right
and it is an abysmal failure.


Sounds like we are sending the wrong people to run the federal government. Of course, when you are the brains driving Walmart, why would you want to bother with the ceiling placed on federal employees.