[G L Tirebiter]

The Taft Hartley Act was passed specifically to deal with monopolies and Big Oil was the first...

You mean the Sherman Anti-Trust Act...Taft Hartley is a labor relations piece of legislation passed in 1947.

Wal Mart's a boon to its shoppers and the bane of labor unions - especially in the grocery trade. That's the segment that has really felt the pinch since the emergence of Super Centers a few years ago.

And yes, like Standard Oil, IBM, Microsoft - all of whom were perceived as being bad because they were big - Wal Mart had better play the necessary political games in DC and the 50 state capitals.

[FunkyZero]

Walmart is not in the crosshairs in my daily purchasing. I tend to avoid ALL superstores. Target, Lowes, etc. I still shop at these places on occasion out of necessity or inability to find something at a local hardware store. My focus is on the origin of the product. I absolutely refuse to purchase chinese made products if at all possible at an nearly any cost, and I avoid most things not made in the US if I can afford to. This tends to exclude Walmart accross the board with the exception of groceries. When it comes to groceries, fighting the crowds for understaffed checkout lines is why I do not go to walmart or lowes.

[Drammach]

You mean the Sherman Anti-Trust Act...Taft Hartley is a labor relations piece of legislation passed in 1947.

I stand corrected.. Thank You..
We have enough "revisionist" history already, no need for me to contribute to the confusion.. ;o)