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  • Welfare to Wal-Mart (It's Niman Time!)

    05/13/2005 8:24:27 AM PDT · by Houmatt · 139 replies · 2,606+ views
    ArtVoice via MediaStudy.com ^ | 5-12-05 | Michael I. Niman
    Americans are junkies. We’re addicted to consumerism. We’re addicted to things––and China is our main supplier. China is the man. In 2004, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, we imported a whopping $197 billion worth of goods from China, and exported $35 billion worth of goods to them, chalking up an I.O.U. for $161 billion in the process. China is the main supplier feeding our consumer habit, but Wal-Mart, according to the Congressional Committee on Education and the Workforce, is China’s biggest street pusher, responsible for slinging up to one eighth of the Chinese goods sold in the United States....