[Oe List ...] Wal-Mart and the weapons of mass destruction
Len Hockley
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Wed Apr 9 16:44:51 EDT 2008
Yes, Indeed,
Thanks, Doris
Len
At 12:28 PM 4/9/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>Mohammed Yunus of Bangladesh.
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>Doris Hahn
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>Who?
>Well, Someone won a Nobel prize for implementing our plan for the villages
>of the world.
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>Len
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>At 04:15 PM 4/8/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>>I don't think we (ICA/EI) knew a helluva lot about economics.
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>Well, Someone won a Nobel prize for implementing our plan for the villages
>of the world.
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>Len
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>At 04:15 PM 4/8/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>>I don't think we (ICA/EI) knew a helluva lot about economics.
>>
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>>From: Marianna Bailey <<mailto:wmbailey at charter.net>wmbailey at charter.net>
>>To: Order Ecumenical Community <<mailto:oe at wedgeblade.net>oe at wedgeblade.net>
>>Sent: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 3:04 pm
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>>Let's not forget the economic principles that we used in human
>>development projects.Money should circulate 5 times before it leaves a
>>community. When Wal-Mart comes into a town small family owned businesses
>>that have been their for several generations go out of business. The
>>family owned business circulated the money 5 times and use to pay living
>>wages. Wal-Mart pays low wages and the money leaves the community
>>everyday. What we gain short term by low prices does not reflect the long
>>term consequences of our local economy.
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>>From: <mailto:cdhahn at flash.net>Charles or Doris Hahn
>>To: <mailto:oe at wedgeblade.net>Order Ecumenical Community
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:44 PM
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>>I want to second Randy's comments, and add another concern. We shop a
>>little at Walmart here in Bloomington and earlier in Bastrop. The people
>>we see in Walmart are primarily people in well-worn clothes, many are
>>unkempt, i.e. they are people one the lower end of economic
>>hierarchy. If they have a job, they do not make much, and perhaps they
>>have more than one part-time job. They can't go to Macy's and it's many
>>equivalents. Also Walmart has no more imports than Macy's, or Talbots,
>>or Penny's, or Sears, or Target. I do not see aged, or handicapped, or
>>many minorities working at Macy's, etc. Enough badmouthing Walmart!!!
>>Charles Hahn
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>>I am in complete agreement with everything George, Jon, Marshall, et al
>>are saying about Walmart. But there is one little twinge I have. In our
>>town of 5,600 people there is a Walmart of course, and I have been in
>>there. Here's my twinge. The employees there, regardless of deplorable
>>wages, benefits, working conditions and the rest, because of education,
>>age, disabilities or whatever, likely would not have jobs anywhere
>>else. What are we to think of them?
>>
>>Randy
>>George Holcombe <<mailto:geowanda at earthlink.net>geowanda at earthlink.net>
>>wrote:
>>I suppose we're fortunate in Austin, TX, many of our local chains like
>>H.E.B. and Fiesta have better prices on the items that we buy than Wal
>>Mart. I understand that due to a suit that Wall Mart has withdrawn its
>>claim to have the lowest prices. Both H.E.B. and Fiesta have far better
>>and fresher produce than Wal Mart. I wouldn't doubt that because of the
>>fuel increases and the far flung shipping routes that Wal Mart uses, the
>>locals, who buy local, may have an advantage in their costs and prices
>>for their customers.
>>
>>George Holcombe
>>14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
>>Austin, TX 78728
>>Home: 512/252-2756
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>>On Apr 7, 2008, at 3:08 PM, <mailto:jonzondo at juno.com>jonzondo at juno.com
>>wrote:
>>>I have not shopped at WalMart in years. And what I find amazing is the
>>>number of "aware" persons in my life who have a bundle of excuses for
>>>why they continue to shop at Walmart. The brainwashing machine surely
>>>seems to work sometimes, eh?
>>>
>>>My new idea is that for the next person I know who speaks of shopping
>>>for something at WalMart, I will offer to pay the difference if they go
>>>to another store. I wonder what will happen with that idea...
>>>In Balance, Jon
>>>
>>>
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>>>-- "W. J." <<mailto:synergi at yahoo.com>synergi at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>But wait! Wal-Mart is just a good target for our outrage, After all,
>>>it's the world's most powerful delivery system for exploiting a global
>>>market economy which wields the economic weapons of mass destruction.
>>>
>>>Ah, yes. The tyranny of the economic process. It's coming back to bite
>>>even those of the affluent 15% who believed that the U.S. housing market
>>>would never deflate, and bought in at the top of the speculative bubble.
>>>(For the story in Wiegel's area, see
>>><http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/realestate/keymagazine/406ariz-t.html?ei=5087&em=&en=136025ebaea46e85&ex=1207713600&pagewanted=all>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/realestate/keymagazine/406ariz-t.html?ei=5087&em=&en=136025ebaea46e85&ex=1207713600&pagewanted=all)
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