I'm on another anti-wal mart kick today. I just hate that corporation. Circuit City is now closing too. Granted, all of the business closings can't be fully attributed to Wal Mart. The trouble the economy is in goes way beyond the monopoly of one business, but Wal Mart certainly doesn't help. The sheer size of it creates all kinds of marketing problems for the smaller stores, even ones like Circuit City, who are in reality not that small. If other businesses can't compete, then we've lost the core foundation of capitalism. A monopoly limits our choices and in a sense inhibits our freedom. I could also go on and on about how Wal Mart treats its employees, discriminates against race and gender, taxes the government welfare system, and gives little back to America despite its unfathomable resources. Sure, we can argue that they've made some progress since a whirlwind of lawsuits have been thrown in their laps, but we could also argue that they are appeasing us, laying in wait until the dust settles only to return to their questionable policies. If Wal Mart truly cared, it would have treated everyone with the utmost respect from the beginning instead of waiting for the legal system to force human rights onto it.
Do your best to boycott WalMart, and buy from your local businesses as much as possible. If you have the opportunity, watch the Wal Mart Movie. It's a real eye opener. As one man in the YouTube posting I have says, "You can't buy small town quality of life at a Wal Mart." Amen.
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