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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (791)	6/27/2004 11:35:26 PM
From: TopCat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4965

>>>Local Good - Wal Mart bad<<< And....for all intents and purposes, a Wal Mart store is a local store. Every employee in a "local" Wal Mart store lives in the local area. What the employees earn in a local Wal Mart store goes into the local economy. I find that people that are not successful in life are the ones that are always down on companies (and people) that are successful. That accounts for a lot of the liberals on these threads. TC

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (791)	6/27/2004 11:42:39 PM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4965

It's not really simplistic. You are placing a higher value on convenience than on supporting your local merchants when you choose to shop at Wal Mart as opposed to taking the extra time to find the different items elsewhere. And FWIW, I think it's good that you support local merchants when you do. I am completely in favor of people siezing their economic power to purchase according to their values. That's all. Deciding where to shop is a values choice whether we make it consciously or not.