[okiecon]

Yeah, Wal-Mart destroys American jobs, American companies, American communities, and American wages. I mean, who wouldn't want to work for a mom and pop for minimum wage with no insurance?

Wal-Mart hatred is silly. You don't like Wal-Mart, shop somewhere else. Capitalism is good.

[Havoc]

Capitalism may be good. That has nothing to do with whether Walmart is or not. Funny that rather than defend them, you resort to defending capitalism which none of us have any beef with.. Strawman anyone?

[durasell]

Capitalism may be good, but it's not always kind, warm and fuzzy.

Suggested reading: Joseph Schumpeter/creative destruction

[rdb3]

Capitalism is good.

Sorry, but I have to disagree with you. Capitalism isn't good. No.

Capitalism is OUTSTANDING!

[lmr]

Wal-Mart hatred is silly. You don't like Wal-Mart, shop somewhere else. Capitalism is good.

I agree with your point. I made the same points at X-mas dinner with my father-in-law. He hates Wal-Mart's guts. My wife's grandmother says she is 'forced' to shop at Wal-Mart because they have "those karts that I can get around in". Forced to shop because they provide a conveinence? Ridiculous, but this is how some people think. Needless to say, I love them because I love my wife even more. Wal-Mart is an awesome American story. Sam Walton was for discount stores what Henry Ford was for automobiles and Bill Gates for personal computers.

Besides, Wal-Mart has some competition that is emulating Wal-Mart, and that is a good thing. Namely, Target.

[Windsong]

I can't stand wal-mart. Not because I hate capitalism. It is just that I hate the cheap crapola that wal-mart sells (i.e. Memorex DVDs which last about 6 months before going bad!). Why they don't sell Ridata (the BEST for data backup) is a mystery. Not to mention NO decent HDTVs. CompUSA, Best Buy, and Circuit City at least have some decent media/dvd players. You get what you pay for..and then some.