--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > In a message dated 9/9/05 7:22:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > Heard a piece on NPR this afternoon driving home PRAISING Wal- > > > > Mart for the work they did during the hurricane. Appears that > > > > Wal-Mart has such a great distribution system in place that > > > > they were able to get staples to the people in times and > > > > places when the government agencies weren't. > > > > > > > > Those mean nasty Wal-Mart people that pay minimum wage and > > > > aren't union! > > > > > > And therefore have a lot of extra profit they can > > > use to garner good PR in a situation like this. > > > > Is it undeserved? > > I'd say it's a draw, actually. They're taking > some of the profits they made by screwing low- > income folks
How do they "screw low-income folks"...by providing goods and services at prices much lower than the next retailer? > and using it to benefit other low- > income folks. > > Sorta like stealing a dollar from a blind man's > cup and depositing a nickel of it in the cup of > another blind man down the street. > > I mean, they could have just pocketed the whole > amount, right? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/