An editorialist in the Madison Capital Times believes that Wisconsin is endangered by Wal-Mart supercenters.
Other states, including Wisconsin, were less vigilant. Massive Wal-Mart stores have been allowed to open on the edges of small towns and, in quick order, the company has used cut-rate prices and cut-throat tactics to become the dominant retailer in those communities, depressing wages, undermining locally owned businesses and leaving once vibrant Main Streets pockmarked with empty storefronts.Oh my! Empty storefronts and cut-throat tactics ! The world is coming to an end! Am I to take cut-throat literally or figuratively? Either way, the editorial writer doesn't actually prove anything. I could just as easily write that the editorial writer uses cut-throat tactics keep young ambitious writers from the top newspaper management. And please, next time, bother to tell us whether or not real wages or total compensation have actually decreased in Wisconsin, or at least how he knows--and can prove to others--how WM is depressing wages.!
Posted by Kevin on June, 2 2004 at 06:52 AM
