Would you or wouldn't you? The Anti-WalMart movement

[Tuckervill]

And sadly for some folks, saving a few bucks outweighs any political feelings they might have.

Oh, I think it's way more complicated than that.

Karen

[Flur]

I have to agree that local money would be more of a hassle for me than an incentive. I always make an effort to shop local, especially for food, but also for other things. However, as I mentioned in another thread, Target and Best Buy, two huge box stores, are "local" for me, given that they are headquartered here and provide a really large number of jobs to the Twin Cities. I can honestly say that I only know a few people that live here that haven't worked for one or the other at some point in time. Also local for us - Caribou Coffee, Dunn Brothers, 3M, General Mills and Aveda.

I make an effort to buy local foods, and to eat at locally-owned restaurants that use locally grown produce and locally raised meats and dairy. There are some things I still consistently mail order when the price difference is huge, like camera lenses, or I can't find it locally, like Hawaiian coffee, but if I can get it here for a fair price I do. Shopping local is better for the environment too.

I've never been in a Walmart. I'm not even sure I've ever even seen a Walmart in person...

[Irulan]

Oh, I think it's way more complicated than that.

Karen

Not if you are really poor.

[Tuckervill]

I apparently misread your comment, Irulan. I thought you were saying that people who shop at Wal-Mart in spite of their political leanings are just doing it to save a buck--are selling out their political beliefs. I got this idea from the first sentence in that paragraph.

Now that you've clarified you were talking about people who have no other choice than to save where they can, then I totally agree.

Karen