Gene,
Exactly right. We complain about our corporation's short term obsession
but if we, as consumers , only look at the price, we'll put ourselves out of
business as a nation of independent business people. Maybe it's an
atmosphere of greed rather than solidarity.
Paul

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On 27 Nov 2003 21:55:06 -0800, (Just In Time)
wrote:

Say NO NO NO to Wal-Mart!!!


I've pretty much stopped buying from wally-world. I think everybody
should stop and examine what these mega chains do to the economy.
This is all about buying quality-challenged stuff dirt cheap and the
net result is settling for less that"better," sending most of you hard
earned cash overseas, and putting a lot of the smaller service
oriented Ma&Pa's out of business.

When you can't find a chandlery or tackle shop, you'll see what I
mean. Try asking your local wally-world trained barcode scanner
associate where and how to use 5200 or what type of rig to use for
yellow-fin. You'll glimpse a snapshot of the future.

We, as Americans, can really do better for ourselves.