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Skriven 2006-09-26 06:44:00 av MIMI GALLANDT (1:275/311)
     Kommentar till en text av ED HULETT
Ärende: Pat Buchanan
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Ed Hulett wrote:

EH>On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:42:00 -0400
EH>"MIMI GALLANDT -> ED HULETT" <1:275/311> wrote:

EH> MG> Ed Hulett wrote:

EH> EH>> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:46:00 -0400
EH> EH>> "MIMI GALLANDT -> ED HULETT" <1:275/311> wrote:


EH> EH>>>> Locally we have a small "mom & pop" hardware store. A few
EH> EH>>>> years ago Lowes opened a store less than a mile away. People
EH> EH>>>> who rarely shopped at the "mom & pop" lamented that Lowes
EH> EH>>>> would put the little guy out of business. Interestingly
EH> EH>>>> enough, the "mom & pop" are still at it with no sign of
EH> EH>>>> closing down.

EH> MG>>>>> Here in San Diego
EH> MG>>>>> there used to be two big local department stores. One was
EH> MG>>>>> gone before I was born called Marstons, George Marston, the
EH> MG>>>>> founder of Marstons, was a big philanthropist here, the
EH> MG>>>>> other, Walker Scott's, had several stores around the
EH> MG>>>>> county. If I'm remembering correctly that Tim lives in SD
EH> MG>>>>> county he may remember Walker Scott's. Marston's closed
EH> MG>>>>> before WWII (it could possibly be argued that WS's ran them
EH> MG>>>>> out of business), but WS hung on until the last one closed
EH> MG>>>>> in the 80s or 90s. It wasn't WalMart that did them in, more
EH> MG>>>>> likely it was Sears and Penneys. Most people (except teen
EH> MG>>>>> age girls) prefer to do their shopping in one place. Malls,
EH> MG>>>>> Wal Mart, Target and KMart do that for their customers.
EH> MG>>>>> We've had KMart in SD county since the 50s, Target since
EH> MG>>>>> the 70s or 80s and Wal Mart since the 90s. There were very,
EH> MG>>>>> very few mom & pop stores by the 90s. Another thing I
EH> MG>>> like ab
EH> MG>>>>> out Wal Mart is that they hire the handicapped.

EH> EH>>>> Around here we have a mega store called Fred Meyers (now
EH> EH>>>> owned by Kroger). My good friend's daughter is the Nursery
EH> EH>>>> Manager and her husband is the Produce Manager there. The
EH> EH>>>> daughter used to live in Spanish Fork, Utah and Wal Mart
EH> EH>>>> caused the Fred Meyers she worked at there to close. She is
EH> EH>>>> now worried that Wal Mart will do the same here with the new
EH> EH>>>> store that is going in less than a mile away.

EH> EH>>>> I think that the mega stores do more harm to other mega
EH> EH>>>> stores than they do to "mom & pop" stores.

EH> MG>>> I believe you're correct. Another complaint I hear about Wal
EH> MG>>> Mart is that they buy from foreign countries. Funny I never
EH> MG>>> hear about the Navy Exchange angering people but they buy from
EH> MG>>> clothiers in Saipan and other Asian / Polynesian countries.
EH> MG>>> Where's the outrage towards the Exchange. I don't believe that
EH> MG>>> people are outraged about Wal Mart buying from foreign
EH> MG>>> countries OR putting Mom and Pop stores out of business. I
EH> MG>>> think those are excuses not reasons. I don't know the reasons.

EH> EH>> Even "mom & pop" stores buy stuff made in Asia. When purchasing
EH> EH>> merchandise to sell, the buyer usually looks for the best
EH> EH>> price. No one is saying the quality of Asian merchandise is
EH> EH>> bad, they only whine about how little the workers get. This
EH> EH>> whine doesn't take into account that the average citizen of
EH> EH>> those countries makes less than $300/year and working for $3/hr
EH> EH>> there is like working for $300/hr here.


EH> MG> True, why pay more for the same quality? I've decided that if I
EH> MG> ever buy another car it most likely won't be an American made
EH> MG> one. I'm going to bye a Toyota or a Honda or whoever else is at
EH> MG> least trying to come up with a motor that doesn't keep us tied
EH> MG> to OPEC forever. Or maybe I'll just stick with the bus and
EH> MG> trolley, I can go nearly everywhere in the county on vehicles
EH> MG> powered by natural gas (buses) or electricity (trolley) for
EH> MG> $15.00 a month, who needs a car?  :)

EH>Hate to tell you, but Toyotas and Hondas sold in the US are made
EH>here.

I didn't word that very well, I have no problem with American workers, 
my problem is with the companies they work for :)

EH>The Toyota Preis (sp?) can be modified so you can plug them into a
EH>110v socket. In Europe and Asia they come that way.

I can recall my dad making a joke about electric cars needing very long 
extension cords :) Of course, my dad dies 31 years ago so electric cars 
were way in the future at that point. :)

L'Chaim

Mimi

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