> Health benefits from the employer are not a right, nope. But people who > don't have them cause public costs. Fact of life. Maryland is simply > trying to reduce its costs.
Sure, but they are doing so in a way the singles out companies based on size. Not profit. I'm ok, not happy, but ok with states that tax on a stepped level. If they want to go this route, I wouldn't have as big a problem with it. I'd still have a problem with it. > The number being floated is one-third of the sites are subsidized. This is > significant if true, no? Yeah, but not huge, and the economic impacts that are negative may be more associated with the ones not subsidized. > According to that NC study there are often benefits to certain businesses, > especially restaurants. I think I saw the point made that Wamart may be a > good deal in an urban area that is blighted and possibly this is an > example of this? I can think of one in Albuquerque that might be another. > By the way, I noticed earlier that I was confusing your mention of this > store yesterday with different stores in Kentuck, sorry. From this > distance it sort of all blends in. Yeah, that is the problem when talking about things on a national level in this country. One of the stores in Lexington was blighted urban area, one was a more suburban area, not much traffic tho. In both cases wal-mart brought new traffic, that helped the area. They even paid to have the water drainage problem fixed on this end of town. This was done to appease the local neighborhood associations. > Less than most briack and mortar stores, probably so. Electronics seem to > be cheaper on line though. As to your dance show example below, ok, that > might be a benefit, though I am not sure how to quantify it. Some items, yes, but after shipping charges, generally not in my experience, but there are still plenty of people that don't buy online because they don't have a computer, don't have internet access, won't use credit cards, and so on. At least in this state. I know the dance shoe argument because my wife used to work at a dance store (tap, ballet, etc). They lost business because wal-mart started selling a lower grade of the same brand they were selling. To the average mom the only difference they could find was in the price, nearly half. To the trained eye, there was a big difference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192891 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
