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<DIV>Three walmarts?? Where!</DIV>
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<A title=CJs@turbonet.com href="mailto:CJs@turbonet.com">Shelly</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 09, 2006 6:06
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Spam] [Vision2020] I do not
care about the economy</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan - Have you seen the documentary? What do you HONESTLY think
will happen to our economy with three Walmart's? </DIV>
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<DIV>-Phil </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 01/09/06
17:32:27</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> [Spam]
[Vision2020] I do not care about the economy</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=RTEContent>I am still waiting to hear any legitimate complaints
against Wal-Mart. Everything I have heard is either;<BR><BR>1)
Applicable to all other major chains in the country<BR><BR>2) Coming
from a biased source, such as a liberal from Berkeley, or a Union
Organization.<BR><BR>3) Flat out untrue<BR><BR><BR>Complaint: "Wal
Mart hurts the economy."<BR><BR> Response: " While an oil spill or
natural disaster helps it."<BR><BR>Complaint: "Wal-Mart eliminates
jobs."<BR><BR>Response "Wal-Mart eliminates unnecessary
jobs."<BR><BR>Complaint: "Wal-Mart eliminates high paying jobs and
replaces them with low paying jobs." <BR><BR>Response: "Wal-Mart
replaces Kmart jobs with Wal-Mart Jobs that pay the
same."<BR><BR>Complaint "Wal-Mart uses overseas labor."<BR><BR>Response:
"Every one uses overseas labor."<BR><BR>Complaint: "Wal-Mart pays its
overseas labors $70 a month."<BR><BR>Response: "$70 a month is more !
than what the teacher or police officer makes."<BR><BR><BR>Wal-Mart
eliminates high paying jobs in exchange for lower prices on daily living
items like food, toiletries, paper towels, medications, automobile
goods, and clothing. <BR><BR>As someone that makes $20K a year and am
getting soaked with high rent because of property taxes, an unfair
regressive sales tax on the dollar-even on groceries, and minimum wage
has not gone up in 9 years, I do not care if we eliminate a few $80K a
year jobs if it keeps prices lower for the rest of us. I have no
sympathy for those that lose a job making $80K a year. I care about the
poorer people that are living on 20K a year of less. Moscow has done
nothing for the poor in our community. It costs more to rent an
apartment in Moscow then a house in Boise. That is insane, and highly
unfair. Wal-mart, ShopKo, CostCo, and other mega chains reduces the
overall cost of living for the poor. To me, this is a good thing. I
think saving ! money, pinching pennies, and buying as cheaply and as
cost effectively as possible is the responsible way to handle personal
finances. <BR><BR>When Idaho and Moscow does not raise wages, does not
provide property tax relief for the low income, pushes for a 20% sales
tax increase on food, clothing, and other items needed for daily living,
it is no friend of the poor, or hard working men and women on the lower
end of the economic end of this community or those dependent upon Social
Security. Moscow has to let Wal-Mart in because the community has
created such a need for a low discount store when it has assaulted their
quality of life and ignored their needs for such a long time.
<BR><BR>A head of household living in Moscow of a three person household
would have to work 400 hours a month in order to rent a two bedroom
apartment, at only 30% of their income before taxes at the current
minimum wage. <BR><BR>$5.15 (minimum wage) x 400 = 2060x .30
(affo! rdable housing) = $618 a month (rent)<BR><BR>Now, unless you
believe it is reasonable to work 400 hours a month, I do not see how
anyone can ask someone to forgo shopping at the cheapest possible place
or deny them that right. <BR><BR>I do not care about the economy. I care
about the quality of life for the people on the bottom of the economic
scale. I care that people on the bottom are not required to expend 100%
of their income on the basics of life and still go without some others.
It is not fair. Moscow has been no friend of the poor and
disadvantaged.<BR><BR>-DJA<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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