Friday, May 22, 2009

We rule.....Drop dead......

You can't have large corporations without large government.

Period.

Not enough resources to go around. Only government can "guarantee" protection from smaller competitors,  protection from union harassment and various government mandates.

Only a large entity can bribe, conjole or scare enough influential local people to "help" bring much needed jobs and taxes to a community. This in turn raises real estate values and encourages other businesses to set up shop next to or in a growing community. In return they collect taxes for the state.

Don't like Walmart? Close down your big governments first and they will wither on the vine.

Until then.....
Save More and Live Better, Just Not at the Expense of Others | The Beacon

Walmart takes a lot of heat for its alleged effects on wages, employment, labor standards, and community quality-of-life. In research we’ve worked on over the last few years, my co-authors and I have examined the merits of these claims and have found that a lot of this heat is undeserved. Rigorous empirical research shows that Walmart creates jobs and lowers prices. Research also shows that Walmart does not lead kill small businesses (though this claim has been brought into question) or generally reduce “quality of life” within a community.

One area in which Walmart should be viewed with skepticism, however, is their pursuit of subsidies from the local governments with which they do business. While these subsidies and tax breaks allegedly create jobs and tax revenue, they reward political savvy rather than productivity. This tilts the economic playing field in favor of large corporations with armies of lawyers and against small entrepreneurs.

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