Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 18, 2004, at 5:54 PM, Sam wrote: > But I don't like used coffee. I only use the beans once. Everything > else I buy cheap. In your holy war, you are forgetting the many low > income people who depend on places like K-Mart. Not everyone can > afford to pay twice as much so that mom and pop can have a good life. I never said there was anything wrong with shopping at K-Mart. Wal-Mart or Starbucks. I choose not to, when I can. I have a problem with the corporations and their activities - forcing out competition and driving down wages while demanding tax benefits from the cities and towns they occupy isn't healthy for anyone, regardless of where you lie on the political spectrum. But this gets into why people are forced to struggle on low incomes, and that's a thread that would make the pet surgery thread look sunny in comparison. > Sam S