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> > Responding to you always makes me feel like I'm > talking to a second-grader, > but as long as you stick to these fantastic > assumptions and pre-packaged > stereotypes, I'll keep telling you why basic reality > doesn't conform to your > simplistic, free-market sloganeering. > not believing in utopian, socialistic tendencies makes you a 2nd grader? Interesting. To Don Ludeman: I applaud your answering the question that never gets answered by those who oppose things. I don't disagree that local merchants, craftspeople and the like would be a nice alternative. I would go so far to say that if they thought they would be successful and do enough business to turn a profit they would be moving in. The land owners don't care who moves in they want to lease the space. Another thing on free markets. Free markets work when they are allowed to work. Policies such as minimum wage laws, rent controls and union activity disrupt the natural tendency of markets to balance. As for workers at Walmart. no one is forcing them to work there. Walmart is able to pay the wage it does because there is an ample number of people willing to work for that wage. If you don't like the $8 an hour or whatever it is they pay, go to mcdonalds and get $8.25. The mobility of workers plays a large part in earning potential. If you really want to increase wages, slow the inflow of illegal immigrants who work for little because it is still twice they could get from the country they came from. John Harris webber-camden __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ _____________________________________________ For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract
