Is Walmart a beautiful example of unfettered capitalism or really a joint venture with the Chinese government based on an artificially devalued currency that crushes the competition. Is Elizabeth Dole a communist for trying to do something about the Yuan? http://dole.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=354&Month=2&Year=2005 Should you care that Walmart is the 8th leading trading partner with China, a communist regime that bans all religions including Christianity? Does it matter that we depend on China and the Saudi Royals? Are cheap products the be all end all? What about moral values? Do costs to taxpayers for WalMart employees? http://timwest.blogs.com/the_new_libertarian/2005/01/what_walmart_co.html http://www.wal-martchina.com/english/index.htm http://en.ce.cn/subject/RetailinginChina/Developmenttrend/200411/26/t20041126_2433136.shtml