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<div>For a different perspective on the issue, I recommend the
following article from the July 2006 Harper's Magazine: Breaking the
Chain: The antitrust case against Wal-Mart by Barry C. Lynn. (Sorry,
not available online.)</div>
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<div>Mark</div>
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<div>At 11:52 AM -0700 6/30/06, rvrcowboy wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1">Donovan,</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I sincerely
hope I don't sound too much like a liberal here but I also have
problems with Wal Mart. Unlike many, here in the forum, I bear
no particular hate for the company but I do question many of their
business policies. </font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I recognize
the value of having a large company in the area that will hire many
people who would otherwise most likely not be able to get a job.
(Please don't construe that to mean I think all Wal Mart employees are
incapable of working elsewhere.) Wal Mart provides quality
products at a good price and that is hard to argue
with. </font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I have
problems with all large corporations, with their national, and
international, buying power coming into an area and unfairly competing
with local businesses who have sacrificed much to build up their
community. This is probably irrational of me since it is the way
of the global economy and will likely be the only way business can
compete in the future, as big corporations swallow up more and more
locals and become more involved in the niche businesses that locals
have turned too. It is difficult for me to understand why so
many clamor for U. N. control of the world, which will surely lead to
an absolute global economy, but protest businesses like Wal Mart.
Just doesn't make sense to me.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Wal Mart,
and other big corporations, force taxpayers to subsidise their
employees through medical insurance, since they do not provide
adequate coverage for their employees and do not pay enough to allow
them to acquire their own. At the end of every business day,
these corporations deposit huge sums of money, extracted from the
local economy, into accounts with headquarters overseas, or far from
the area, draining money from the local economy that may be better
used to promote business locally. </font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">There are
other reasons why I like/dislike companies like Wal Mart but I am sure
they have all been covered here in this forum before, by others who
have given much more thought to it than I. I shop at Wal Mart,
even though I have my reservations about it. Guess that makes me
a hypocrite but I suppose most of those who rail on against them also
shop there from time to time.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">It is a
tough question and I would probably not protest against Wal Mart in my
area but still have to admit I have respect for those who do. In
the end, I believe it is a loosing battle since the global economy is
rapidly consuming the retail business from any local
control. </font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Take
care..</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Dick
S</font><br>
<blockquote>----- Original Message -----</blockquote>
<blockquote><b>From:</b> <a
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan
Arnold</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><b>To:</b> <a
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></blockquote
>
<blockquote><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 30, 2006 8:28 AM</blockquote>
<blockquote><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Most Americans Love
Wal-Mart-69%</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Taken from Dale Courtney's Blog: The Right Mind<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/June%20Dailies/walmart.htm"
>http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/June%20Dailies/walmart.htm</a><br
>
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Here is a fact for naysayers of Wal-Mart to chew on; "Lower and
middle income Americans are more likely to have a favorable opinion of
Walmart than upper income Americans."<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
_DJA<br>
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