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i don't hate wal-mart. i actually admire them for being so damn good at what they do (viz., keeping prices down) that they've been able to beat the hell out of all the competition.
their supposed "unfair labor practices" are in fact eminently fair; even though they aren't paying their overseas workers US minimum wage, their wages are an extreme step up from backbreaking labor in the fields simply for subsistence. on the charge that they "put small businesses out of business," hey, that's how capitalism works. and regarding the charge that they don't provide enough health care for their workers, would you rather they pay benefits like gm and endure loss after loss under the extreme financial pressure?
and regarding whistling pervert types, that could have happened just as easily . . . well, somewhere other than wal-mart. that's the guy's problem, not the corporation's.
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