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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't ever entered a Walmart because I read a blog post years ago by a woman who found a $9 crockpot for sale (not on sale) there, and subsequently wondered if her purchases there were in some way taking a little bit of humanity from a person (or several people) in the line of folks who made it possible for her to buy such a cheap item.

That something is cheap is not my first, or only, motivator to buy it.  Besides, I try to shop locally, and there's not one in DC (that I'm aware of).  Like another poster I can't stand hearing my friends who make $100K+ saying they "hate going there, but I save .50cents on toilet paper."

Of course capitalists love Walmart, they are the shareholders.  The employees can't afford to be.  And, unfortunately they don't understand how cannibalizing their actions are.  The midwestern Etch-a-sketch town lost their jobs to the Chinese when Walmart demanded that they put the toy on the shelves for $9.99 (when they should be $24.99 with inflation) and so shop at (and are employed by) Walmart and, as a result, put the Mr. Potato Head town out of business.  There you have a cycle.

I already give a significant amount of tax dollars to Walmart without shopping there.  Like the first poster said, I support the employees ER visits, WIC visits, school lunches for their children, etc.  I didn't know this, on top of everything else, until I watched this documentary: Walmart: The High cost of Low Price [url]http://www.walmartmovie.com/[/url]

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