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[quote=Anonymous]Love Wegmans, wish it were coming to Arlington, but hopefully much closer than the Fairfax operation.  Cheaper than Giant and Safeway (Tweeter and Whole Paycheck it goes without saying), vastly better quality of meats/fish/vegetables.

Also prefer Costco to Walmart, in part because of Costco's better treatment of workers.  They are two different stores though, and Wal-Mart can be amazingly cheap for plenty of useful goods.

Amuses and saddens me to see the bien pensant liberal DC view of Wal Mart expressed so often.  Who shops there anyway, indeed.  By all means do not shop there, but people in upper NW are fools--IMHO--if they think keeping Wal Mart out of the poor parts of DC is somehow "helping" the people living there.  Heck, a Wal Mart job that still required some benefits would be a step up for the thousands of people who have zero jobs, are already on benefits, and who have no realistic entry way into the work force.  Helping people get onto the employment ladder is a real step forward.  YOu want better jobs at Wal Mart, pass a higher minimum wage.  But understand the risks for employment of black Americans.  Have you looked at the black unemployment rate in DC?  Or the black male U rate?  Ranges from 17 to 38 percent in 2012.  Using BLS is a pain, but I have seen it higher as well.

I realize that there is a quiet acceptance that we are replacing black citizen workers with Latino immigrants, although rarely discussed openly, but would be nice to see progressives come out and be more honest about it.  Then again, considering the kind of discussion we get about immigration in the media, maybe many are unaware.  Off topic.

(If nothing else, DC, be smart enough to pass a higher minimum wage once the stores are up, running, and profitable.)[/quote]

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