Posted posted by Tait Larsen @ 2:24 PM
Wal-Mart what a company. It's whole being
speaks the word
capitalism at it's best. I
listen to my fellow Americans
speak on this issue almost everyday. I hear W
al-Mart at school, work, family dinners and i even hear this name in my sleep. Sometimes i
don't understand the bad reactions that W
al-Mart brings to the table, i mean they produce jobs for the people that might not
be able to make it in a
capitalist world. They give the public
their every day low price. Studying economics i have been told that people go into
business to make a profit
isn't this what Sam Walton had in mind when he
opened his first store. In my mind
because i
haven't felt the negative effects of W
al-Mart i thought people just needed
something to complain about to make
their everyday life not so everyday. But on the other hand
I've had the
fortune of
being born in a
relatively big city were the effects are not so explosive. I recently had a
talk with my dad about this subject. He was born in a small town in Idaho were work was scarce and farming was the way of life. He said that when big
corporations would move in people became dependent on the jobs it provided. He told me that with the new jobs came a new breed of people. They brought low income housing to the area, crime went up and eventually the
corporations left leaving people to fend for them selves. Almost like a host
feeding off of
sociaty. I guess
what I'm trying to say is that i feel people talk to much about the subject when we could be
doing more and being more informed. I have been a sleep for far to long and i now know that
their is much more to
business then just profit their dose need to be some sort of social
responsibility. We need to start asking our selves what are we doing.
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