Tim doesn't agree with any taxes. Tim hates eminent domain.
Tim sees Wal-Mart filling a need in his community. Are there things here that I don't agree with? Yes. However I think that Wal-Mart does far more good than harm. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 12:02 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Wal-Mart > > Okay, let me get this straight: > > Bad: > - Gov't forcing wal-mart to give workers a certain level of > healthcare. > > Good > - Gov't using emminent domain to take land from citizens and > small-businesses to give to wal-mart. > - Gov't giving subsidies and incentives to wal-mart that they > don't give to other businesses. > - Gov't redoing roads, highways and interstates in order to > accomodate wal-mart, which they don't do for smaller > businesses. Note that taxes have to be raised to do this. > - Gov't supporting morality legislations to appease > wal-mart's business model. > > See, the point isn't that free-market capitalism is bad and > leads to companies like wal-mart. If that's what you think > we're saying, then we're talking past each other. This isn't > about ultra-left liberalism. > The point is that wal-mart isn't playing free-market capitalism. > They're playing corporate owned government. The people are > supposed to be the government, but when they're locked out of > the process like happens here then you just have corporations > running the show and people are just mere vassals. > > I understand why you, Gruss, would support this. But I don't > understand why Tim does. > > > On 1/16/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wal-mart reflects it's customers and does what the > customers ask. If > > customers stop going to Wal-mart because of "subsidies" or > a lack of > > social consciousness, then Wal-mart will suddenly get a social > > conscious. > > > > Because ultra lefties have failed to get Wal-mart's > customers to agree > > with them, their only recourse is to get agents of the > government to > > force their will upon Wal-mart's customers. > > > > This is the classic ultra left radicalism: "do what's best for > > yourself or we'll force you to." > > > > If any of these people really cared they'd get a good ole series of > > demonstrations going. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192624 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
