Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > begin Nathan E Norman quotation: > > > > Wal-Mart sells Chinese crap which is cheaper in price and quality than > > goods produced elsewhere (like, here). > > And as a result, gives Chinese people employment that they otherwise > might not have. > > Americans average $36,000 a year; Chinese average $4,000. Spreading a > little of that American wealth around to countries with large > populations barely subsisting, much less excelling, is a good thing. > > Again, when you make decisions like this, you have global consequences. > That $100 you spend at Wal-Mart instead of the mom-and-pop shop would > have been an hour of sales for them, but it might be the difference > between starvation and a week of meals for somebody on the other side of > the world. > > It's very easy to make sweeping economic statements from your $2,000 > computer, hooked to your $50/month broadband connection, while wearing > your $100 sneakers, about how terrible it is that Wal-Mart pumps > millions of dollars into starving economies around the world. > Meanwhile, a few less girl babies get drowned because their parents > can't feed them.
Hmm, people have been able to feed themselves for thousands of years without the help of American wealth. I'm quite sure that 80 hour work weeks at $0.25/hr aren't really necessary for human survival. Enough of this babbling pro-American-mega-multi-national-corporation bullshit already. -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
