October 31, 2003
A new reason to fear and loathe and Wal-Mart and a virtuoso display of idiocy:
"I don't like what Wal-Mart stands for," said Cynthia Munson, a mother of two and a real estate broker in Aurora. "I don't like that they are taking over the planet. I don't like that they are putting other people out of business. I don't like that their employees' wages are so low."Munson lives near a shiny Super Wal-Mart stocked with every item imaginable, but she finds plenty of other places to shop. If she's paying more for goods, or driving further as a result of this philosophical choice, she doesn't notice.
Wal-Mart's treasure-hunt atmosphere doesn't lend itself to wise shopping anyway, she says. Low prices lure the undisciplined into all kinds of unplanned purchases. [Emphasis added.]