See, though, Meijer's or Target are not really viable options as the closest one is about 30 miles form here.
As I said, around here, the place to get the most for your dollar is Wal-Mart. There has been talk from some people at the church about starting a co-op, but nothing has really come of it, or that would be another option. I will not apologize for doing what I feel is best for my family. I find it funny that people cast Wal-Mart as a villain while trying to make other large companies out to be the victim. On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would go to Meijer's or Target who are more employee friendly and don't > contribute to causes I disagree with (though I am pretty miffed at target > right now over their support of anti-gay groups...so I haven't been there > for a while either) or even some of the discount stores in the area...even > Goodwill type stores carry clothes even cheaper and that goes to a good > cause even. I also go to farmer's markets to get local produce to reduce > what I am buying at the stores and once we get caught up on the bills, I'll > be getting my meat and produce (or most of it anyway) via a CSA (check out > localharvest.org). > > To go on Sam and Jerry's logic...they can always go find a job somewhere > else. In fact, I would encourage them to. Isn't that supporting a free > market? Let's let the market take care of the bad guys. Isn't that a > libertarian's wet dream? Besides, I wouldn't work at Wal-mart if it was the > last job on the planet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:54 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I would say yes because your money is not going to Walmart and you would > not >> be rewarding bad behavior nor would your money be going to corporatist >> candidates. By going to walmart you are only making it worse. I haven't >> shopped there in 10 years regardless of my financial situation. I have >> found other ways to save money without fucking over my fellow humans. > > How else would you save money? Where I am, its Wal-Mart, Martin's or > Food Lion (Martin's and Food Lion are supermarket chains), or > convenience stores. > > Tell me, where would you buy, say, a sweatshirt or pair of pants if > those were you only options? (Unless, of course, you wanted to drive > 30 miles - which brings on added costs, adds to pollution, etc) > > Like I said, I usually support local businesses, but when it gets to > be crunch time, you have to make some changes. At that point in time, > you need to do what you think is best for your family. And in my > opinion, its best if we can get the most bang for our buck. And, > around here, we can get the most bang for our buck at Wal-Mart. > > On a side note - what about the people who work at Wal-Mart? Don't you > care about them? By not giving your business to Wal-Mart, you may be > hurting them as well. I know at least 6 people who work at Wal-Mart > part-time (on top of their full-time jobs) to make ends meet. By not > giving some business to Wal-Mart, those people could lose there jobs. > > > -- > Scott Stroz > --------------- > You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can > wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris > > http://xkcd.com/3 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
