--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 9/10/05 3:20:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > I'd say it's a draw, actually. They're taking > > > some of the profits they made by screwing low- > > > income folks > > > > How do they "screw low-income folks"...by providing goods and > > services at prices much lower than the next retailer? > > Oh, lots of ways, but the context here was their > low wages. > > > > > Are Wal-Mart wages that much lower than other wages of jobs with the same > description? Are Wal-Mart wages any different than say Target or K-Mart or even > most mom and pop retail businesses? Serious question, I don't know. It's > hard to imagine there would be much difference.
I have had an extensive "Wal-Mart" discussion with Judy on amt. One of our discussions centered around the move to prevent a Wal- Mart from opening in a particular area (was it New York City? I forget). I tried to show Judy that preventing Wal-Marts from opening is equivalent to promoting the subsidy of richer people by poorer people; that is, because Wal-Mart offers goods and services at prices lower than their competitors (competitor establishments owned, for the most part, by rich share holders), preventing poorer people from benefitting from low prices by blocking Wal-Marts from opening in poorer people's areas means that they would have to patronize establishments that offered the same products and services at higher prices, thus increasing revenue of the coffers of the less efficient businesses. Judy is quite ambivalent to the plight of the less fortunate of America and, it turns out, is for the subsidy of richer people by poorer people. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
