[eclecticEel]

Not really certain if they still do this, but back in the day Walmart made a point of highlighting the “Made in America” products it sold in its stores. Of course, that didn’t change the fact that most of what they sold was being made in places like China or Mexico. It was however, a reasonable enough PR move: the company was coming under criticism for selling too much imported junk and such moves helped to shut up the critics chorus - and if shoppers cared they could go out of their way to buy American, since the company was making money in any event it was no skin off their nose.

Our reliance on cheaply made Chinese junk has only gone up ever since, Walmart’s PR campaign did nothing to stop it. Their latest “green campaign” will have similar effects - namely none at all.

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IOW, it's bs. It changes NOTHING!

They said including a warning from the Surgeon General would cause folks to stop smoking. They said printing warnings on plastic would stop children from playing with it. They said listing the fat content and calories on food stuffs would be a "game changer", and we'd all eat healthier, and get really skinny, too!

A REAL "game changer" would be for Wal-Mart to REQUIRE it's suppliers to produce products that meet just our current standards on Environmental safety...but they don't, and they won't!

Why? because Consumers don't give darn about it, they just want what they want, and they want it cheap.