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   "The Master"  wrote in message   
   news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0811282130100.9354@sdf.lonestar.org...   
   | On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Maxwell wrote:   
   |   
   | > | 1) If the employees are being treated so badly, they can always quit.   
   | >   
   | > They do. Their turn over rate is as great as just about anyone.   
   |   
   | Then there is no problem   
      
   I think you missed the point. Turn over is not a good thing.   
      
   |   
   | > | 2) The reason Walmart can underprice the competition is that they were   
   | > | good capitalists, doing exactly what they should do.  They purchase a   
   LOT   
   | > | of stuff, allowing the creator of those goods to charge less and still   
   | > | make money.   
   | >   
   | > And that would be a good thing if they were purchasing good created by   
   there   
   | > customers, but they don't . They exploit workers half-a-world away,   
   because   
   | > they are desparate and will/can work for 10 cents on the dollar.   
   |   
   | So what?  Half way around the world, 10 cents on the dollar is a damn good   
   | wage.  In the semiconductor industry, engineers in India cost 1/10th those   
   | in the USA.  While this may sound like those engineers are getting ripped   
   | off, the is that the standard of living is that much lower then in the   
   | USA.   
   |   
   | Ever wonder why the Christian Children's Fund can do all that fantastic   
   | work in Africa with the cost of only a morning coffee?  It's because over   
   | there, 62 cents is worth a hell of a lot more there relative to local   
   | conditions.  Feel free to thank organized labor for making those manual   
   | labor jobs go over seas, because the jobs really are worth LESS then   
   | minimum wage.   
      
   Again you missed the point. They do nothing to create domestic manufacturing   
   jobs.   
      
      
   |   
   | > | 3) Consumers have the right to shop at any store they want.   
   | >   
   | > Indeed they do, and Wal-Mart capitalizes on their ignorance to the fact,   
   | > that by buying foreign goods, they are destroying their own future   
   ability   
   | > to earn a living.   
   |   
   | The Lucky Charms I buy at Albertsons are the same Lucky Charms I buy at   
   | Wal-Mart.  The Sony 52 inch HDTV I buy at Best Buy is the same Sony 52   
   | inch HDTV I buy at Wal-Mart.  The name brands are made in the same factory   
   | no matter what store you purchase them at.   
   |   
   | Your only argument would therefore be in reference to the "off-brand" or   
   | "generic" products sold at Wal-Mart.  Those products, often times of   
   | piss-poor quality, are for people who can't afford the "good stuff" and   
   | would have otherwise gone without.   
   |   
   | Yes, Wal-Mart sells a $20,00 digital camera.  I bought one for my youngest   
   | son this year, now in the second grade.  I tested it out, and the quality   
   | was shit.  Couldn't take a good picture at all.  95% of them were solid   
   | red, the 5% that actually did come out were so grainy you couldn't tell   
   | what it was you took a picture of.  Needless to say, I got my money back,   
   | and my son still doesn't have a digital camera.   
   |   
   | If Nikon made a $20.00 camera, I might think about getting it.  But then   
   | again, I don't believe Nikon is made in the USA anyhow.   
   |   
      
   You missed the point a third time, seems we have a pattern of changing the   
   subject.   
   Good day.   
      
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