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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Saying that an illegal immigrant doesn’t deserve to be paid the same wages as an American because he doesn’t belong here in the first place is like saying that a person trapped in a well shouldn’t be saved because he shouldn’t have been playing around the well in the first place.
— Maddox
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Is Wal-Mart Really to Blame?
I'd like to respond to some of Howard's and Steve's comments to my previous article, so I'll take them in turn. Unfortunately, I'm so darn long-winded that it's too big for a simple comment post, so its taken the form of an article:
Costco's competition with Walmart
Howard speaks of how Costco effectively competes with Walmart […]
Walmart, Unions, and Un-Fair Labor Practices
[The other day I was mildly annoyed by an email I got from Care2 asking me to sign a petition against Wal-Mart. Coincidentally, I recently had a conversation with a good buddy of mine about Wal-Mart, unions, and related topics. WhenI got the Care2 email, I forwarded it it to him and asked if he'd […]
