Maybe I’m the only one who feels this way, but I really get tired of jokes about how terrible Walmart is. Yes, it’s a discount store, but I like to save money on commodity goods. Yes, some of the people who shop there are poor and strange, but those people are at other places I go, too. (So what?) The place might not be the best place in the world to work. If you feel that way, don’t work there. If you have some aversion to global trade, please study economics. I don’t like the special tax breaks that Walmart (and many other companies) get from local governments, but your precious majority-rules political system has the power to stop that any time it wants. Most of the attacks on Walmart are pure elitism and following the crowd. I have no special love for the company, but the attacks are silly and tiresome.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 20:51:04 +0000