Re: Say NO NO NO to Wal-Mart!!!

jps wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
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> > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:29:42 -0500, Harry Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
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> > > Their employees are almost free...
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> > They're totally free. Free to take the job, or turn it down.
> >
> > Bob
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> That's part of the problem.  They're offering so little the only ones 
> willing to step up are either the painfully impoverished or illegal 
> immigrants whose pay in dollars eclipses what they can earn at home.

There's the key, the thing that proves there's no 
"exploitation".

> Walmart won't pay a living wage.

Not to you.  Your "lifestyle" is bloated.

> That's not letting market forces 
> determine the price paid for labor.

They are indeed.

> It's skirting the labor market

Meaningless.

> at the same time they play very aggressively in driving manufacturer's 
> prices down.

That they do, to everyone's benefit.

> It's not fair to use market forces on the purchasing side of the 
> equation while screwing labor on the other.

They use market forces on both sides.

Being an economic illiterate, you don't recognize 
market forces when they're chewing your empty head off.