[Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth

[Kai Eiselein, editor]

BJ,
Blaming Wa-Mart for the loss of 4 million jobs is wrong. American 
manufacturing jobs were in decline long before Wal-Mart became a 
"super-power".
I know, I was one of the "casualties". My first job out of high school was 
at a factory that made garage door openers (Chamberlain). I worked my way 
out off the "floor" and into the tool and die shop, then the factory moved 
15 miles south, into Mexico and I was out of a job. That was in 1981.
Wal-Mart was a regional player at that time. The first time I heard of/or 
saw a Wal-Mart was in 1983 while I was in Louisiana.
While Wal-Mart may have helped speed up the decline, the slide began long 
before, with plenty of blame to go to around. Company owners and unions 
both, could not, or would not, see changes coming and refused to adapt.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. J. Swanson" <bjswan at moscow.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth


>
> It's always amazing to hear the same people who want a Wal-Mart Super 
> Store
> also say that Moscow should
>
> "...attract businesses that produce goods and/or services for export and
> pay good wages."
>
> Do they not understand that Wal-Mart's practice of importing most goods 
> from
> China has resulted in the loss of 4 million+ manufacturing jobs in the US?
>
> Also, for those who think the Dark Store Ordinance is so bad, the old
> Tidyman's is not big enough to be considered a Dark Store.
>
> B. J. Swanson
>
>
>
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