[Vision2020] BUY AMERICAN BUY WAL-MART

Wed Nov 23 05:39:11 PST 2005

Arnold stated:

“If you are interested in keeping working conditions poor and inhuman in
China, Honduras, Mexico, and Bangladesh, you should buy as many American
products as possible.  If foreigners do not get our money, they cannot
improve working conditions for the poor in those countries.”

Arnold.  Arnold.  Arnold.  

Yes.  I am interested in improving foreign economies.  It would be great if
Mexico paid its labor force a living wage.  But, my first priorities are at
home.  Every product manufactured overseas and sold here in the Nifty Fifty
(USA) amounts to lost revenue here.  Every time we purchase a product
manufactured here, it benefits that manufacturer and its employees, and keep
that manufacturer in business that much longer, which means food on the
dinner tables of American families.

However, I do want to thank you for the new signature.  I think I will call
it “Arnold on Global Economies.”  Whatchat think?  Catchy, huh?

Take care, Moscow.

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

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safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'”

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:54 PM
To: TIM RIGSBY; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] BUY AMERICAN BUY WAL-MART

I went to Wal-Mart today and bought a bunch of stuff. Items like food,
cleaning supplies, and even pharmaceuticals. All of them, except the rice
grown in Canada, was made in the United States.

If you are interested in keeping working conditions poor and inhuman in
China, Honduras, Mexico, and Bangladesh, you should buy as many American
products as possible. If foreigners do not get our money, they cannot
improve working conditions for the poor in those countries. Keeping profit
margins at minimal levels insures foreign governments cannot force
businesses in their country to invest in better conditions for the workers.
This of course will shut down all those slave labor factories where the
workers will then be free to get better higher paying jobs with better
working conditions waiting for them elsewhere. Even if it does not shut them
down,  the US needs the money more anyway. 

Moscow residents do have three solid reasons to oppose a Super Wal-Mart
center coming into town:

1)      The Super Wal-Mart will have a grocery store. Those groceries will
be made by the slave labor of US farmers.

2)      Will have an oil, lube, and fill-up station. This will drive the
price of car service an! d gas down. But at what cost? The cost of bigger
profits for oil companies? That is not a cost I am willing to accept.

3)      It makes us look like we are real liberals that care about the
community.

Joan Opyr also brought up a great point. Us poor people should not buy a $20
pair of jeans if that is all we can afford. We should instead buy a $80 pair
of designer jeans that will last five times as long, which is actually
cheaper in the long run, especially if we have kids that grow out them in
six months.  Also, instead of buying a used Hyundai for $5,000 they should
buy a new Chevy Tahoe for $25,000 because it will last six times as long.
And us poor stupid ! mobile home and apartment dwellers, we should buy a 5
bedroom house for $300,000 because it will last way longer and increase in
value as time goes on, and we must not forget the indoor pool and sauna. 

On my way home driving my Ford, I got stuck behind a SUV with an
environmental sticker on the back bumper as I drove past houses of
environmentalists with every light on in their two or three person
households of  2,500+ sq ft built on land with huge water hungry yards
originally acquired cheaply through the slaughter and suppression of
millions of native peoples. 

So for those of you that hate Wal-Mart for not doing something about the
Chinese government not enforcing Chinese labor laws in China, as you sip on
your double caramel mocha latte with whipped cream and sprinkles for $6 out
of a cup made in China, rather than donating the money to the factories in
Bangladesh for improved working conditions, made with beans grown by the
slave l! abor of millions of Latin Americans, this gives you something to
think about. If you want to look at preach to someone profiteering off the
labor, health and well being of millions of others you can pick up a full
length mirror for $9.99 at Wal-Mart.  

Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold

TIM RIGSBY <tim.rigsby at hotmail.com> wrote:

Buying products made in the USA is a great way to keep the money in our 
country. But buying products made in Idaho is an even better way to support 
our local economies. I do as much Idaho shopping as I can but also try and 
buy as much from Made in USA companies as well. Carhart is a great example 
of an excellent product that is made in the US. New Balance shoes also are, 
sometimes, made in the US. But with New Balance, you need to be aware of 
the ones made in Taiwan, they are cheaper and not as good.

If anyone is ever in Boise and need to buy some American made clothing, go 
visit Charlie at Workman Outfitters on Vista Ave. Charlie is probably the 
greatest American I have ever met.

Tim
Buy Union, Support America!

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does not weaken, but strengthens. Revolution does not cause separation; it 
ge! nerates togetherness.
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