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Article #2038Re: Wal*Mart took over 1 *BILLION* of corperate welfare!
From: Sam D.
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:02
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:02
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"Kenneth Crudup" <kenny@panix.com> wrote in message news:10cck45ou8igr78@corp.supernews.com... > In article <cb8bd93a.0406070227.db7892b@posting.google.com>, > balanco01@yahoo.com (Proprclr) says: > > >http://www.starhq.com/html/localnews/0604/060304WalMart.html > > Well, when WalMart tries to build jobs in poorer neighborhoods like > Inglewood, they get run out of town by stupid voters coached by > equally-stupid outsiders with agendas. "The 'Wood" needed that > WalMart, and it was just dumb to vote it down. Walmart's expansion plans have faced similar opposition in many communitiess and not just poor areas.When faced with such opposition, Walmart likes to stand behind principles of the free market economy. Yet its acceptance of taxation-funded corporate welfare stands in direct repudiation to the free market. There are a variety of reasons why some people have opposed the incursion of Walmart into their communities and not all their reasons are so stupid. I think OTOH that it would be pretty stupid for the families of existing local merchants and their employees to want their tax dollars used to subsidize a new Walmart store in their community.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107d03,d3c6c4415fbcaeba X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,77fadedac89548e7 X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,gid106ed4,public Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Sam D." <blueewater@greenham.org> Newsgroups: la.general,ca.general Subject: Re: Wal*Mart took over 1 *BILLION* of corperate welfare! Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:02:19 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <10chjdtt9hspb7@corp.supernews.com> References: <cb8bd93a.0406070227.db7892b@posting.google.com> <10cck45ou8igr78@corp.supernews.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 27