CBS News Sunday Morning - Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum

[@mt_gox]

In 1989, her vehicle struck and killed a 50-year-old cannery worker named Oleta Hardin in Fayetteville, Arkansas. However, she was not cited, and police stated she wasn’t at fault in the accident.

[@susanlucas1125]

That is just wrong on so many levels..I'm boycotting wallmart

[@CSquared360]

68 million for a painting. What stupid games the rich play while they starve their employees.

[@robertuk2006]

Are the employees forced to work at Walmart? If it a legal requirement? I somehow doubt they are putting a gun to someones head forcing them to stay! If i wasn't happy with what i was getting paid, i would look elsewhere! Just saying!

[@donotlookatmyname2008]

Robbie Aikman What about for the people who lost or can't find a job? Or people that just came to America and can't speak English?

[@shanengu]

Do Not Look At My Name Wal-Mart isn't the only job.

[@shanengu]

Do Not Look At My Name Another job is OKFoods. Which the company excerpts anyone, even if you can't speak english and have a felony on your record.

[@tiffanyweese150]

CSquared I pray over all the Walton people and I pray over the mom the Dad and John Boy and John part is Arnie pray over him and little bit little Lizabeth and there is one full shows 😀😃

[@ewendel02]

She spends nearly a billion dollars on paintings but they pay their employees minimum wage. Recently the Walton's cut forty thousand employees hours so they wouldn't have to pay for insurance. Instead of working one employee 30 plus hours a week they hired two people to work so they could split the hours that way they save money by not buying insurance. It's amazing how greedy they are. Why does any human being need 22 billion dollars? She and her siblings could do so much good for their employees but instead they horde that money and they spend frivolously on crap like paintings that are so overpriced and so overrated. It's incredible that someone can be that stupid to pay that much money for painting. I personally refuse to shop at Walmart. I don't give them a penny of my money and I encourage you all to do the same.

[@davehansen2255]

+William Martin How come no reply's ? I just wrote a 500 word response to Ms. McFarland. And unfortunately, before I was finished my computer decided to shut itself down for updates. Too tired to begin again, I just slammed a couple shots of spicy rum. This woman just recently bought a $25 million two story New York City penthouse, while hundreds of Walmart's nine dollars an our employees protested on the street below, about their minimum wage. This, of course was brought on by Ronald Reagan, and trickle-down economics, as the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and this country slips and slides further and further into its doom every year. Corporate capitalism, scumbag Wall Street hucksters, and greedy corporate criminal banker billionaires, have destroyed this once great nation, and it will NEVER return to its former glory, ever.

[@robertuk2006]

You are sounding like a socialist with some of the things that you are saying! That's not a good thing!

[@davehansen2255]

Why not ? That would be a whole lot better than the growing divide between the rich and the poor in the United States, don't you think ? When people like the Waltons together stash away more than $150 billion, the money just sits in a bank - and does no good to anyone including the Waltons themselves. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING ? Because the Walmart people pay most of their 1 million employees minimum wage, most of those people are entitled to food stamps and other forms of welfare to the tune of billions of dollars a year that are paid for by the United States government. Don't believe me ? Then do the research. If they paid their hourly Associates $15 an hour, instead of minimum wage, none of those people would be on welfare. And then those people would have more money to spend on themselves - to buy things - to better improve their situation and the economy within their towns. Understand ? But here's the kicker. The Walmart people could pay all of their hourly Associates an additional six dollars an hour ON JUST the yearly interest alone on the money they already have. I did the math, and it works out just as was reported on a website. No, I'm not saying the United States should turn into the old communist Soviet Union communist China. But certainly corporate capitalism is well on its way to destroying this country. And if it is not put into to check very soon, most of the Great American cities will eventually turn into slums like Detroit, Camden New Jersey, and Gary Indiana, and with small enclaves of gated communities for the elite 1%. What is happening to the United States is very similar to how the Roman Empire fell. No society in the history of the world has ever survived the test of time perpetually. They ALL have failed. The average society lasts about 200 years. The United States is 240 years old, and starting to slowly die. The late and brilliant English journalist Christopher Hitchens, who lived in Washington DC for several decades, died of cancer in December 2011. His final words were "Capitalism downfall".

[@6idangle]

I too don't shop at walmart and make sure I shop at places where they pay decent wages and give benefits to full timers.

[@JeffreyGillespie]

This is a capitalist economy. Hate the game, not the players.

[@patrickmitchell4134]

She talks about giving back but won’t give her employees a living wage. If you donate a large sum of money to a museum or a opera house you have done nothing.

[@keithharen3783]

Amen

[@lmd499]

It’s a beautiful museum

[@Th33Vultur3]

Agreed. If she wasn’t born into the family, Alice Walton would be nothing.

[@jt8251]

​@@Th33Vultur3 no person on this planet, not even the wealthiest in the world, chooses their family and where they come from. If you were born into wealth and privilege, what would you do? Abandon your family? Choose another one? Become a drug addict and die by the age of 20? Eschew all physical possessions and live as a hermit in the forest or Norway? Become a nun? Or would you try to live the best, most productive and meaningful life possible?

[@jt8251]

if a person wants a livable wage, perhaps they should learn a livable skill. Most of the humans needed to operate Walmart today will be replaced by robots and other forms of automation. What will the low-skilled workers do then?

[@nathanmoore1740]

All that money and the family refuse to pay Walmart employees more than a livable wage. Shame on them.

[@Krispymanbligity]

Let's be honest, 100% of the people that work at walmart don't deserve more then what they are getting. Most of the employees are kids that get the job with no experience and is something they do part time while there in college, most of the managers are people that didn't do shit with there lives and are now stuck with that job. Why should someone restocking shelves earn the same amount as a nurse saving lives?

[@nathanmoore1740]

It's not about the anger you have toward Walmart employees. Not every employee of Walmart are teens. By paying them more it would lifted a lot of people out of poverty . As well as get people off government assistance. The Republican party and rich people have complained about. So it would help tremendously .

[@johncollins31]

OMG , that is terrible . Hell no should they be making as much as a nurse . Please share the link saying this , I got to see this .

[@link2442]

"OMG , that is terrible . Hell no should they be making as much as a nurse" Do nurses make $15 an hour? I believe they earn and deserve more than that.

[@Ryanlexz]

Well you can't expect a low skill worker to get their wage more

[@Th33Vultur3]

The Walton kids are riding the coattails of daddy because of his and their last name and being born into the family, they would be nothing without their daddy and their greed proves it.

[@razheer100]

Okay... Isn't that what parents are supposed to do? Ensure their children can live free and purposeful lives without having to worry about money?

[@stevensides88]

Hate on them all you want,but one man secured the future for his entire bloodline. Isn’t that what we’d all love to do? Sam Walton set his family up for generations. Respect.

[@jack2452]

at 2:00 she says "my parents spend a lot of time with us growing up talking about the importance of giving back" lol . I wonder how much they "donated" to CBS for this segment

[@tacob0]

mike Yea walmart gives back all the time. Like when they gave back taxes to themselves.

[@ezra8440]

and when they give back the labor value of their employees to themselves. They really are such a generous family. Extracting wealth from working people is such a noble cause to pursue.

[@cristianciula4033]

I would rather use those money to improve the life of Walmart employees What’s the point to spend so much money for a museum and your employees lives on government food stamps

[@Thompson892]

Can’t afford groceries but god bless all their riches.

[@anelbello4181]

Never knew people could eat a painting.

[@ohmusicsweetmusic]

think you could spare an extra $1 an hour ? This is EXACTLY what is wrong with our country.

[@jackgreen5627]

35 million for one of the many art pieces, and skeletal children in Yemen are starving to death. Bad karma for them.

[@vonwolly2]

Alice Walton has good taste in art no doubt about it

[@nicoladaprato2358]

I agree. And is a very charming lady too

[@mlocante]

"My parents didn't believe value and worth had anything to do with money" of course they didn't, they never thought about value and worth at all #walmart #beijing

[@artkoenig9434]

That lady has fully understood the concept of noblesse oblige. A delight.

[@johnheart1877]

They didn't EARN anything. The Federal, States, County, and municipal governments should haul the heirs into court and take every cent of TIF money, subsidies, tax breaks, and Medicaid money

[@KittredgeRitter]

? Why do you say they didn't earn the money?

[@IDAHOJAKE]

"Giving back" ? B.s they are the the worst and most greedy to they're employees.

[@princesstiarra8071]

Somebody ask Alice Walton why the Walmart store in Excelsior springs mo a town known to be many elderly people on pensions can't afford the food no sales on food and the clearance isle leaves you wondering why the clearance prices are so high? It's very obvious that gouging is going on please look into this Americans are suffering.

[@cybergal99]

THIS is the problem with America !!! She's the 3rd richest woman in the world and cares more about an Art Museum than making sure the employees of Walmart have health care!!! And they wonder why Wall Street is being taken over this AM??

[@JulieAnnRacino]

Museum (for public use in Arkansas) is wonderful, and yes, our community in Central New York would have the same reaction to the "loss" of the Voyages of Life. Upon Sam Walton's passing, it is not surprising that life has turned difficult for Alice Walton as an apparently single woman of such great wealth.

[@cassandrahabel1949]

Immense and invaluable beauty you possess, What's the name? Like to meet you gorgeous 😍 💕💕

[@jefrossman7546]

Hello Julie, how are you?

[@margotstamateris3583]

People who love to hate the Walton family or Walmart are jealous

[@lenny108]

meanwhile, her fortune is 48 billion. Not sure whether she has any business sense or knows how to open a building supplies store. But she is surely a great personality.

[@w.urlitzer1869]

Hey Alice, Walmart employees are among the largest groups on food stamp subsidies

[@Th33Vultur3]

Alice's father and founder, Sam Walton is rolling in his grave after seeing what his demon spawn kids including Alice have done to his once believed company. When Sam and his brother, Bud Walton died, the company died.

[@weareone6687]

Wow and you can't hire full time

[@ckeahl]

I guess spending money to do some good makes up for how her family makes their money off the backs off oversea and American workers?

[@charlesrichardson6573]

Yeah.. so how are you doing today my friend?

[@frankmatters445]

How are you doing

[@Mugsykane]

Wow. Looking at what all that money you saved, firing pregnant women and not paying overtime and health insurance can get you.

[@universal-creator]

Giving back by putting your personal art collection next door to your house and getting a tax break for it.

[@hebrewwolf6540]

You killed a person in cold blood. How do you live with yourself?

[@brianv7189]

What do you think she should do? Drown herself in pity?

[@Calling321]

Dont forget that there is only so much one person can do.

[@cigarcatfromwayback...lets380]

The six heirs to the Walmart fortune are now worth over $400 BILLION dollars! I believe in making as much money as you can, but DAMN! $400 BILLION and most of their employees struggle to make ends meet?!?!?

[@namoudany]

Your off. 400b is around Walmart's total Revenue.

[@cigarcatfromwayback...lets380]

According to Forbes, Fortune and a couple of other financial periodicals their combined total NET WORTH is around 400 billion dollars. Unless you're a close relative or have inside information to their financial records, you don't know what you're talking about ...

[@namoudany]

+Jay Luck Forbes says 150bil www.forbes.com/profile/walton-1/

[@namoudany]

+Jay Luck Nonetheless, I totally agree with you. They need to be taxed harder.

[@cigarcatfromwayback...lets380]

REALLY?!?!? LMAO .... if EVERYONE used Walmart as a stepping stone to something bigger, they wouldn't have any workers! In some parts of the U.S. (especially the more rural areas) there's NOT many other opportunities for these folks ... that's why you TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING YOU WEALTHY!!! In essence, what you're saying is what they do and how hard they work REALLY doesn't matter because what they do is such a meaningless, miniscule, unimportant function, they shouldn't be compensated for that particular effort ... GOTCH YA!!! You pretty much admitted you/Walmart could give a damn less about these people ... how about if all of these folks just left Walmart RIGHT NOW and NEVER came back ... what would you do then since their jobs are so "meaningless"? Also ... you sound just like a robotic conservative managerial figurehead who works at Walmart and has taken an oath to preach the raw sewage, hot garbage and utter BS that this particular company continues to spew out to this day .... get out of here with that CRAP! Life in business is simple (people like you love to complicate things with your numerical gibberish, figures, and bullshit). If you're the RICHEST COMPANY ON THE PLANET, pay your employees (who have MADE you the richest company on the planet) a LIVABLE damn wage without having to go apply for welfare! They can DEFINITELY afford it ...

[@steve19745]

so rich she cant even put flowers on her parents grave on a daily basis its a total discrace what the grave looks like .

[@thousandaireradio3199]

Is she the one that spent 50 million on silver eagles? Hmmmm

[@watchdog304]

This museum is absolutely gorgeous! I could not believe how amazing it was inside and out. If you enjoy art or architecture, it is a must to visit.

[@-Unimpressed-]

Too bad they're greedy pigs who don't pay their workers nearly enough. The Waltons paying workers poorly are the reason so many Walmart employees are on welfare assistance.

[@davidmcdowell8307]

It's an Incredible museum and a real gift from Ms. Walton. Makes me hate walmart less

[@IDAHOJAKE]

They make more a minute then employees do in a year.

[@leslydesire5276]

Ms. Walton, your museum is one of a kind. You have done well investing in art, especially american masterpieces. Thank you for building this museum in Arkansas. God bless you!

[@tedtalley2709]

This a good and very straight-forward piece done by the reporter and Alice Walton's responses are honest and straight-forward as well. And to the negative commenters who merely go on, blah-blah-blah, repeating old, trite liberal, union "talking points" about Walmart pay, I say: Get a life and get a grip. The Walton family members are giving away their money and they have nothing to do with day-to-day operations of a retail company that DOES pay the same rates, or better, and provide benefits to employees in line with their peers (Target, Dollar General, Kmart---when Kmart isn't firing employees due to store closings). Where is it written that entry-level retail jobs (filled by those often without college degrees) are supposed to get a career from such? You progressives never end in your directions and suggestions and criticisms as to how others should spend their money. Especially if those "others" live far away from salt water ports.

[@giantsfan8872]

I find it really hard to believe shes sincere about integrity amd dignity and all the bs shes spewing when youre worth that much and still have that money

[@csamueldavid2833]

Beautiful ecology and placing your crystal bridges project ,Alice has a strong deep connection with Art collection welth ,its great passion she has done perfectly.

[@peteradaniel]

Nice 😂

[@angelgirl8533]

I want to see the collection so bad. I'm a huge art lover myself. Now, get me a ticket to Arkensas.

[@carlyzikhaliii]

She looks like jack Nicholson

[@Charlz-o8o]

These people are absolutely awful

[@sslusshy]

Walmart and their rules is the worst place I have ever worked! I know I shouldn’t expect to make millions of dollars it’s the way people are treated including me! No room to move up, you could be almost dead in the hostpital and they would still give you an occurrence, I had the flu and was the sickest I have ever been spent $100s of dollars and went broke for months and they would not take my occurrence off even after I showed them my bills and money I spent at the doctors! Horrible company, never had a place want you to work where you can get others sick! Pay is ok for being a peon it’s about how they treat their employees

[@sslusshy]

Also I’ve put in numerous time offs for family and other things and have been denied multiple times, it’s sad you put in a 3 months before and can’t get time off!

[@xxxxirsa9333]

Blessed woman

[@lisao757]

This woman is a disgrace. All this money on paintings while there are millions of people starving & homeless.

[@ahmedzirik8595]

Hello

[@Th33Vultur3]

She said she tries to listen. If she listens, she would reinvest back into the her dad's business and take care of the associates. She truly has no idea what goes on at Walmart stores. Shows how clueless she truly is. Riding the coattails of daddy at 4:39.

[@shadrachemmanuel1720]

And the worst part is she is childless. I wonder where all that money will go after she dies .

[@Flumazenil]

What a great person.

[@colombianflag717]

And many people dying from hunger around the globe..

[@qurbangill6007]

That's nice good work

[@tippology1]

I've written to Ms Walton several times and I never get a reply. I think her museum will be great and I would be thrilled just to go see it in the flesh if able too. Does anyone know how to contact Ms Walton directly so I can ask her a few questions???????? Please only those who can seriously communicate with Ms Walton please reply.

[@abhishekthejan2727]

Did you get any answer?

[@AaronM5511]

If not for treasures like this, your kid might actually get a decent education. Walmart gets more money from the government to set up shop, then schools do. It would of been great if she put that 150 million dollars towards education and a better health benefits program for her employees, so we are not footing the bill for their food stamps

[@OusmaneTall-yy3pn]

Madame alis waltone je veux développer mon entreprise

[@racheljohnhyatt4028]

Please watch the waltons faces of greed

[@johnheart1877]

....Etc that this money-grubbing family has taken from our society.

[@ZoseCosta]

Very intellectual. Mostly Emotional. Par Excellence. ❤

[@MagesticalMooses]

She doesn't run it, wallstreet does.

[@charlyplata4647]

Gracias por el viaje del rancho de Texas esta bonito me gustó mucho

[@nancycoston4822]

Her money. I bet she works 24 /7

[@Th33Vultur3]

More like she doesn't work 24/7, but keeps track of her shares and her pockets alone along with her siblings

[@lilyaretzy669]

I live in Texas ;-; so does this woman

[@charlyplata4647]

Gracias por disfrutar siempre de una generación más hacerca del día de la mujer dejando huella por dónde quiera de felizidad en lo mutuo resiproco y personal que nos acompaña día con dia

[@fritzmcat]

Bless you Bless you Alice Walton for all the good you do!!

[@charlyplata4647]

Gracias por seguirle poniendo y mostrando muchas ganas de vivir y amor hacia la vida y sin perder las esperanzas en su vida hasta la fecha y seguir con esa inspiración que nos nace del alma y día con día se nos refortaleze y reafirma con otras personas que nos valoran y con la ayuda divina compasiva misericordiosa que se nos otorga a cada uno

[@giantsfan8872]

Perdoname pero de que estas hablando…de esta senora que tiene billones cuando hay gente muriendose de hambre, y despues se hace la humilde

[@stevefournier6375]

Lady has Great taste, in picking art, looking forward to visiting, this Museum, someday.

[@DirigiblePb]

Museum admission is, for now, free. Trying to end hunger would have been a better philanthropic concern to tackle, surely, but sharing art with the public is also a fantastic cause. Imagining these pieces just wasting away in her closet makes me sick. Now these pieces might inspire a new generation of masterpieces, and help others find hope and piece. Just as food feeds a hungry belly, art can feed a hungry mind. Both do need addressing to solve the problems of the world.

[@vladmira]

@vladmira I do help the community and volunteer and have even donate clothes and household items to The ARC and ARCA. I also have helped with foodbanks.

[@donaldallen1276]

Well no one was forced to accept the position or pay? Why work or accept a job, then complain?

[@tasmaniandevil7610]

Relax soon computers will be running the show

[@gkelly34]

Good on her! I’d love to visit this museum next time I’m in the states. I thought Americans celebrate these kind of success stories?

[@joejones9520]

so some of the comments on this vid that is one of many millions of vids reflect the view of all americans?

[@charlyplata4647]

Gracias por disfrutar de una década más llena de amor alegría sonrisas y de compañerismo positivo sano bueno y recomendable siempre espiritual

[@vladmira]

Giving back to a community is allowing people to see how blow your money on...shame!! Why dont you give to foodbanks like Wholefoods and Sunflower Market does? Feed the people who are hurting...

[@vladmira]

@johnsmileyjr Tell me more about the good things she has done for America!

[@vladmira]

@cybergal99 Thank you I so agree...come look at what I got for you versus taking care of her employees.

[@johnbarry4251]

Hello beautiful woman with a beautiful Post how are you doing

[@chillfoundry]

They should have a Mexican Restaurant at the museum

[@bertcul6946]

wow.. very lucky woman.. Thank you God..

[@plfimone]

Well the family struggle to get where they are. I you want better a pay, start struggling now. "It's now or never."

[@angelmancia5504]

I live in Arkansas!!!!

[@nancycoston4822]

Why she owns not her brother's. Why she over Walmart?

[@charlyplata4647]

Gracias por el color azul como el mundo agua y el mundo desentoxicado

[@dannystratton4048]

NW Arkansas can thank the Walton family for the growth of our area in jobs, industry, education, culture and civic pride! Visit our area of Arkansas and it is visible everywhere! Quality of life is improving daily. Arkansans are blessed to reap the benefits of WalMart and its growth.

[@ChanceTaylor13]

She’s absolutely fabulous!!! Loved the video!!!!

[@johnheart1877]

Rob Aikman. You are blind. It is theirs of they earned it. These people are heirs to a fortune.

[@Alkautsarenginering]

I want to know real Mrs Alice because the send me message on Google to make hospital building on indonesia

[@webspecific]

Thanks, Alice Walton, I have to believe anyone who loves art and artists, has to address the gun-lobby. I imagine you had an influence.

[@cassandrahabel1949]

Immense and invaluable beauty you possess, What's the name? Like to meet you gorgeous 😍 💕💕

[@abhishekthejan2727]

@@cassandrahabel1949 Hello Could you please reply me for a while. I need your immediate assistance. Thank you

[@JesusMartinez-zz1el]

Prefiero casarme con ella mirar sus pinturas todo el día. Que trabajar todos los días

[@tapannathbhaumik1349]

TAPAN NATH BHAUMIK,NGO SOCIAL WORKER,SILIGURI BODHI BHARATI VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE(NGO)APPRECIATED HER WORK

[@shawnstone72]

Look into her past. I lived in Fayetteville at the same time.

[@johnjairovalenciahenao7980]

DISO TE BENDIGA....

[@AhmedXbox]

A pile of garbage

[@hendrykhor9641]

For more watch our entertainment playlist: @t Walmart heiress Alice Walton has for many years had a dream of building a world-class museum of American art in her hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas. Now, since she is the world's third-

[@hendrykhor9641]

wealthiest woman, Walton used the money to make this dream a reality. Martha Teichner reports.

[@vladmira]

Must be nice as Americans are starving and trying to strive

[@bbkerr2829]

What an elegant, cultivated lady. Only losers would hate on her. Those who fail to have ideas are simply jealous that other families had them and on top of that the strenght to pursue them.

[@dhatchbernier]

Are you serious?

[@bbkerr2829]

Absolutely.

[@dhatchbernier]

She is a greedy opportunist whose employees are mostly on public assistance because she pays them so poorly. She said she wanted to build this museum so she could "give back." If she really wanted to give back she could start by paying her employees a living wage.

[@bbkerr2829]

***** Employee payment is the job of a CEO. She's not the CEO of Walmart. She's an heiress and that doesn't degrade her in my eyes.

[@dhatchbernier]

So you think she has no control over the treatment of her employees? She owns the place. God, you people are dumb.

[@charlyplata4647]

Gracias por disfrutar de una década más de descansos de primavera veranos de amor otoños románticos y de inviernos de oxigenación pura o antidepresivos como los del mundo del azul celeste o Bel rosita de cada generacion

[@kalemasyk2594]

Thank you for pointing out some of the good they have brought to your area. The sore of society are these individuals who never skip a beat in criticizing (unfairly) those who economically positive positions.

[@johnjairovalenciahenao7980]

DIOS TE BENDIGA

[@abinassidhik8369]

Al hamdu lillah thanks

[@nodivisionjustunity4364]

I like her.

[@JosFort54321]

So many haters.

[@absalomwellem4334]

ini ..

[@racheljohnhyatt4028]

I mean Dow ners

[@kalemasyk2594]

I will never understand those who so heavily criticize individuals like Alice Walton, solely on her wealth, and what she does with it. Those who criticize the wealthy of the world, do so unfairly. Can you hold yourself to the same standard you are judging them? It is their rightfully had money, they can spend as they want. Do you donate every penny you can, or do you keep some for yourselves for enjoyment? The contributions of the wealthy far exceed what the average person does for society.

[@shadrachemmanuel1720]

Defending a childless billionaire who didn't work for her money ?! Can one get any more pathetic than that ? I wonder.

[@manpok313]

Hi hello