Re: All Hail Walmart slaves

i love low prices but do object to people having to live in subhuman conditions
on slave wages - in order to get those low prices many workers who make the
stuff, including children, suffer. multi-national corps seem to be held
accountable to no one - this is civilization?
chris

--- On Sun 02/12, John Spiers < john@johnspiers.com > wrote:
From: John Spiers [mailto: john@johnspiers.com]
To: spiers@yahoogroups.com
Date: 12 Feb 2006 23:32:15 -0000
Subject: [spiers] All Hail Walmart

Folks,

You know I do not share the objections of the WalMart-bashers, since I thing
they are one of
the "conservators" in fact the best in the retailer class of lowering the cost
of items so more
people can have access to material benefits.

I do object to the relatively new policy of getting local government to use
eminent domain to
condemn and seize private property for the benefit of another private property
owner (see the
kelo rulings).

Previously Walmart had to face a small l;andowner who could charge walmart a
superpremium
to build near or in town. Therefor walmart kept their stores way out of town.
Good enough.

Now city councils are tripping over each other to entice walmart in by stealing
from citizens
their property to they can get walmart's superior tax receipts. To spend on
whatever... now
walmart is considering banking...

http://tinyurl.com/cdzln

and speaking of tax receipts... here is a pretty good "oops..." Notice the
bias... not clerical
error or greed or dull unawareness is the problem... but a house valuation is
the problem.

http://tinyurl.com/dcus4

John







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