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Re: Economic Theory [message #55448 is a reply to message #55439] |
Sun, 13 August 2006 11:36 ![Go to previous message Go to previous message](/forum/theme/AudioRoundTable/images/up.png) ![Go to next message Go to next message](/forum/theme/AudioRoundTable/images/down.png) |
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Wayne Parham
Messages: 18752 Registered: January 2001
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I didn't mean to sound like I was defending Wal-Mart - I wasn't. But ultimately everyone has a choice. Some would consider painful choices to not be choices, but they are. Ultimately, the way to deal with Wal-Mart is to not deal with them, if you don't like the way they do business, don't do business with them.I think what you would like to see is legislation that makes this happen. I don't know if that's necessary or not, but I do know that I'll not do business with Wal-Mart because it isn't worth it. That's what hundreds of other suppliers have said for the past 25 years or so too. There are other problems with how Wal-Mart enters communities and how they sometimes coerce purchaes of store properties using tactics like eminent domain. Those are all things I've heard about Wal-Mart. But I think it all still boils down to telling Wal-Mart to take a hike, and that can be done in a variety of ways. I hate being in "David and Goliath" positions; It can be so frustrating. I'm sure some of the positions individuals and small companies have found themselves in with Wal-Mart have been very uncomfortable and unfair. Some aren't as easy to do as just turning and walking away. But that is the answer for many Wal-Mart vendors.
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Re: Economic Theory [message #55453 is a reply to message #55448] |
Sun, 13 August 2006 16:41 ![Go to previous message Go to previous message](/forum/theme/AudioRoundTable/images/up.png) |
Manualblock
Messages: 4973 Registered: May 2009
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The problem is Wal-Mart is given unfair advantage in business through unequal labor and business law; or laws that are applied unequally or not applied at all. Whether you like Wal-Mart or not is irrelevant. The effect their business practices have on all of us is serious and detrimental to us as a society. I remind us all what Teddy Roosevelt said when J.P. Morgan threatened to shut down the railroads if his company did not get it's way. Old Teddy said'" Tell J.P. he runs those trains or I'll send the United States army to his front door." He also said "Walk Softly But Carry A Big Stick"; the best description of diplomacy ever given. I wish our current administration read history.
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