begin Nathan E Norman quotation: > > Wal-Mart sells Chinese crap which is cheaper in price and quality than > goods produced elsewhere (like, here).
And as a result, gives Chinese people employment that they otherwise might not have. Americans average $36,000 a year; Chinese average $4,000. Spreading a little of that American wealth around to countries with large populations barely subsisting, much less excelling, is a good thing. Again, when you make decisions like this, you have global consequences. That $100 you spend at Wal-Mart instead of the mom-and-pop shop would have been an hour of sales for them, but it might be the difference between starvation and a week of meals for somebody on the other side of the world. It's very easy to make sweeping economic statements from your $2,000 computer, hooked to your $50/month broadband connection, while wearing your $100 sneakers, about how terrible it is that Wal-Mart pumps millions of dollars into starving economies around the world. Meanwhile, a few less girl babies get drowned because their parents can't feed them. -- Shawn McMahon | McMahon's Laws of Linux support: http://www.eiv.com | 1) There's more than one way to do it AIM: spmcmahonfedex, smcmahoneiv | 2) Somebody thinks your way is wrong
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