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

jps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> > jps wrote:
> >  
> > > Walmart won't pay a living wage.
> > 
> > Not to you.  Your "lifestyle" is bloated.
> 
> Oh, you mean I'd like to able to eat and pay rent in the same month?
> God forbid I should have a child or need health services.

It's for the chilllldren!!!!

Seriously, you have posed a political problem here.  What do you do with
people who don't have enough skills to command jobs that 'pay a living
wage'?  Do you really wish to, say, have the government guarantee such
to everyone?  That's a pretty severe economic twist from where we
started in this country.

Secondly, the lower prices that are possible in WalMart aren't generally
benefiting the rich, are they?  Most people like to make fun of the poor
people that end up shopping at WalMart.  If that is their core
constituency, then WM -- by keeping costs low -- is helping them pay for
the rest of their lives, like chilllldren and healthcare.

> > > at the same time they play very aggressively in driving manufacturer's
> > > prices down.
> > 
> > That they do, to everyone's benefit.
> 
> Excepting the US-based manufacturer who cannot pay prison labor to 
> manufacture his box fans.  Are you one of those idiots who try to pass
> that off as "being in the wrong business?"  If so, try owning and 
> operating your own company for a while and see how it feels to consider
> the same.  And don't tell me you'd be too smart to do that.  Building
> companies takes time, resources and dedication and it doesn't come 
> overnight like all you little pikers think.

Being in business is not insurance against obsolescence or competition.

> I recognize when globalism is working against us. 

Those old Hawley-Smoot laws were a roaring success, weren't they?