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To: coconutt2000

We had the anti-business hippies protesting near here when they built the Wal Mart in Athens, Oh. They protest any business that comes in - recently a new Lowes, but often successfully drive business away. Then the newspaper complains that under this Bush economy people can't find jobs - after they diligently work and drive jobs away! Then when the stores are completed, what goes in and out of the new stores all day? Hippies.


23 posted on 08/29/2004 6:37:14 AM PDT by RightthinkinAmerican (I oil, lube, service & remotely operate the Republican attack machine!)
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To: RightthinkinAmerican
We had the anti-business hippies protesting near here when they built the Wal Mart in Athens, Oh. They protest any business that comes in - recently a new Lowes, but often successfully drive business away. Then the newspaper complains that under this Bush economy people can't find jobs - after they diligently work and drive jobs away! Then when the stores are completed, what goes in and out of the new stores all day? Hippies.

So, the "Mom-n-Pop" grocery stores, hardware stores, clothing stores, etc., that are buried by Wal-Marts across the country are all run by hippies? You should probably rethink this position.

I do telecommunications engineering for a living. This involves extensive travel. I have worked in 48 states and 16 countries to date. I see the same thing, over and over. When a Wal-Mart comes into a small town before long what used to be "downtown", bustling with small shops, winds up becoming a ghost town. Well paying, entrepreneural jobs are lost to $7/hour Wal-Mart part time jobs. Many small communities across the country are starting to wake up and say no to Wal-Mart.

Keep shopping at Wal-Mart and do enjoy your cheap chineese goods. You will have no right to complain, though, when the job you cause to end is your own.

28 posted on 08/30/2004 5:15:06 AM PDT by Thermalseeker
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