The moral of this story is to NEVER give ANY money to Target or ANY other conglomerate corporation EVER. No money. No corporate welfare. Let the rich fend for themselves (or even, god forbid, WORK for a living).
Big corporations are at bottom pirates, thieves, chislers and bandits, more concerned to raid the public treasury or public resources, than to deliver anything of value. An elaborate song and dance by elite scammers to bamboozle all the rest of us out of our money and freedom and humanity. Class war? You bet! The people responding to the age-old war the elite ALWAYS are up to. Trust them as far as you can throw their mansions and yachts. Let's build a city and state of co-ops and small businesses, and enchanced public services (eg single payer health insurance, real public transportation, free public higher education). We can have all this -- or we can instead let the rich take it all, as we decline into poverty and unemployment and a police state. --David Shove Roseville On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Shawn Lewis wrote: > EDITORIAL > > Target breaks promise to > community > > By: Ron Edwards > Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder > > Originally posted 6/4/2003 > > Target breaks promise to > community > > The Target Corporation�s announcement > last week that it will close its store > in North Minneapolis at Broadway and > Lyndale Avenue North has gripped this > portion of the city, which will be > devastated economically and possibly > politically. This decision throws into > question the relationship between Target > and its parent companies � the Dayton > Hudson-Marshall Field is empire � and > the City of > Minneapolis. > > In a news release from Minneapolis City > Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee, > (Green Party, 5th Ward, where this > shutdown is targeted), she raises the > question asked whenever corporate > America decides to pull the rug out > from under the least of its citizens, > which, in this case, is clearly us, > people of color: What about the > $66 million in subsidies that the Target > Corporation received for its significant > and lucrative venture in downtown > Minneapolis (a very large Target store, > Target corporate headquarters, and other > amenities and > considerations)? > > The decision by Target has not been met > by the �Oh Boss, that�s okay� that the > Target hierarchy anticipated, particularly > in light of the ease with which reliable > sources tell us they closed a store > in Detroit. > > The decision to close this Target > by August 2, throwing 123 citizens, > human beings, into the street (a very > significant number of them African > Americans and residents of the immediate > community) staggers the mind with respect > to a once great corporation whose > reputation was that of being caring > in its relationship with communities > of color. > > We understand that both Council > Member Natalie Johnson Lee and State > Representative Keith Ellison will be > holding public information meetings, > or even hearings, to review the impact > our community will suffer as an > outgrowth of this decision by Target. > The rationale provided to a group of > African American leaders a week ago > was that this store is in the lower > fifth percentile of stores in terms of > profit making. > > > http://www.spokesman-recorder.com > > Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the > subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
