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ChicagoTeamster

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6. That strategy worked for the United States for over seventy years after the end of WWII.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2025, 02:12 PM

Dec 14

Trumpers sre so ill informed they have no idea that a lot of the market share the US had for their products was people grateful that the US came to the aid of the world and led in Science, Technology, Medicine etc. Sure we also offered quality but a lot of that was a result of US goodwill. Under Trump, that's now gone. He's destroyed our agricultural export market, tourism, University recruitment. Investment in the US dollar. His being an asshole to the rest of the world will cost Americans a lot.

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It is almost like goodwill is an asset: Costco [View all] applegrove Dec 14 OP

Decent human beings would bargain in good faith with their employees instead of pushing back on an organizing campaign. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 14 #1

You do realize they pay the highest in retail. Henry203 Dec 14 #14

And? People organize around things other than wages. Bosses hate to give up any control. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 14 #15

Go workers! wolfie001 Dec 15 #32

For Christmas, I'd like to see a wave of DEshitifcation. Girard442 Dec 14 #2

So DEI isn't hurting their business ? JI7 Dec 14 #3

DEI is just another way of categorizing resources. haele Dec 14 #17

The Costcos here are always packed full of shoppers IronLionZion Dec 14 #4

From my former life surfered Dec 14 #5

Beat Me To It! ProfessorGAC Dec 14 #7

Were you an accountant, too? surfered Dec 14 #9

No I Was Not ProfessorGAC Dec 14 #16

Then you were smarter than I was surfered Dec 14 #20

The MBA Was Not A Choice ProfessorGAC Dec 14 #22

I remember learning that in my Bookkeeping class in high school. Ilsa Dec 14 #8

CPA firms used pencils and columnar pads into the 80s surfered Dec 14 #10

When I went to work for Bill Gates, Sr.'s law firm in 1977 we were using carbon paper and electric typewriters. OMGWTF Dec 14 #19

A long ways. We prepared tax returns by hand. The early software required an IBM 34 surfered Dec 14 #21

Back in the very early 70s I took a business machines class in junior college LogDog75 Dec 14 #28

Mine as well be the Rosetta Stone to me wolfie001 Dec 15 #33

That strategy worked for the United States for over seventy years after the end of WWII. ChicagoTeamster Dec 14 #6

It is good for their business. Costco knows their shopper demographics extremely well. paleotn Dec 14 #11

Costco makes most of it's profits from membership fees LogDog75 Dec 14 #26

I agree LogDog75 Dec 14 #27

Love this! karin_sj Dec 14 #12

Ha! Good one! Joinfortmill Dec 14 #13

Imagine... Ford_Prefect Dec 14 #18

Wild Concept! Love my Costco DEI! 💙 Cha Dec 14 #23

good will iemanja Dec 14 #24

We are buying Costco gift cards as Christmas gifts. Maru Kitteh Dec 14 #25

Costco is a classy place. The hardworking people who have helped me cheerful and smart dai13sy Dec 14 #29

Don't really know much about Costco jfz9580m Dec 15 #30

I often encourage folks to use Costco as a pharmacy. usedtobedemgurl Dec 15 #31

Understood jfz9580m Dec 15 #35

EXCEPT for Costco's triple blade refill cartidges razors; a reseller snatched them up. GreenWave Dec 15 #34

Yep, Wish the stock would split uponit7771 Dec 15 #36

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