KENT TRIMBLE wrote > > purchase something over the internet [and find yourself] living in > communities as blighted as Detroit. >
This thread is way off topic (Ham) and getting into politically areas more suited to Facebook. This is practice is also frowned upon. I am reluctantly jumping into the fray only because I cannot let some statements go unchallenged. Detroit's blighted condition has NOTHING to do with people buying locally, even if by local you mean Americans buying US made products. Detroit is blighted because of government taxation, regulation and the government's strong arm support of the labor monopoly (unions). If government would get out of the way, Detroit could rebound in just a few years. Perhaps they could start producing the products people buy from the Internet. Dallas has a thriving economy in the midst of an economic depression even though Texas oil wells are producing a fraction of what they used to. The reason is the governments of Texas and Dallas are not standing in the way of businesses. Having said all that, I do agree completely with David Christ. If you walk into a store and notice the prices are higher than what you are willing to pay, then you should immediately exit the establishment. To do anything less is theft. If you want to buy online, fine. But don't steal the time or resources of a business you have no intention of patronizing. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/UK-Re-seller-tp7556761p7556826.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
