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To: freekitty
The traditional paleo-Conservative rant against Walmart is that the local governments create special tax deals to let Walmart set up shop and promise all kinds of great jobs and what not while the propertied business owners end up on the short stick.

You can seen how it is possible for both Conservatives and libertarians to loath the arrival of Walmart and the moderate Pubbies and New Democrats who sell the souls of small town America for Walmart influence.

What free-marketeers must keep in mind is that there is such a thing as cultural capital that is built up in towns over many lifetimes, and is erased with the arrival of conformists corporations who get to compete with a different set of rules than the local merchant.

25 posted on 08/13/2002 4:03:24 PM PDT by JohnGalt
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To: JohnGalt
Amen.....
26 posted on 08/13/2002 4:07:46 PM PDT by freekitty
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