Reply #28: You just answered your own question. [View All]

[jono]

(on edit: not that you were asking a question :))

"Wal-Mart is not the problem! Poeple needing them is the problem!"

What is the reason people feel they need to shop at Wal-Mart? Because they have the lowest prices.

Why do they have the lowest prices? Because they treat their workers like crap and have the scale to buy in volume at discount.

What effect does this have? It puts others out of business because they can't take care of their workers and still compete.

What happens when all the other businesses close? People feel that they need to shop at Wal-Mart.

It's an ugly, viscious cycle. If you shop at Wal-Mart, you support Wal-Mart. (Perhaps that support is strictly financial and not moral, but it is still support.)