re: Why does the word "profit" have a negative connotation?

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not to mention similar jobs in smaller establishments would pay about the same,

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Walmart pays more, actually

and walmart offers things that mom and pop stores don't: health insurance, educational subsidies, and most importantly, promotion opportunities

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If Wal-Mart had no desire to seek a profit, they wouldn't be the largest provider of cheap goods in the country, thus many families would have to pay higher prices.

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exactly. that's the oft-ignored "consumer" side of the argument i was referencing

now, well-to-do libprogs will tell you that people will GLADLY pay more for goods if [insert some subjective evaluation], but they ignore the economic realities of the very people they are discussing (and in other discussions, these same libprogs will bemoan the impact that these consumers have on the general markets)

you can have a lot of this overall discussion by basically just using walmart as the talking piece

*ETA: if you want to rustle some jimmies with these elitist hacks, bring up how walmart is opening the door to organics for the poor