At 09:39 PM Wednesday 12/21/2005, The Fool wrote:
> From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: "The Fool"
>
> > ----------
> > From: Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > And no, I don't want us to be communist or something else,
> > I just don't want my economy destroyed by rapacity.
> >
> > ----
> > Since most products sold at walmart are made in china, shopping
there
> > is proping up and supporting red communism.
>
> Hmm, that's interesting. We know that Wal-Mart buys ~7.5 billion in
goods
> directly from China and another 7.5 billion or so from suppliers
buying
> from China. With almost 300 billion in sales, and a 3.6% profit
margin,
> are you arguing that the original cost of the goods sold by Wal-Mart
is
> only 5% of the final price...and ~90% is the cost of running Wal-Mart
> stores?
Do you exclude food from your calculations? (Most food isn't grown in
Red China) Do you also exclude srevices wal-mart has like their
automotive service dept?
And, fwiw (I haven't read every post in this thread in detail, so
forgive me if this has already been mentioned) things like brand-name
medicine which is produced here in the US that they sell at a
substantially lower price than anyone else, even Walgreens?
--Ronn! :)
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country
and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER
GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that
would be eliminated from schools too?"
-- Red Skelton
(Someone asked me to change my .sig quote back, so I did.)
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