I had never been grocery shopping at Wal-Mart until last night, when I filled a sick person’s shopping list at her preferred store. The prices are, of course, great. But I had no idea of how great: 15-20% less than Kroger’s, is my guess. The aisles are wide; the selection very good; and the place was mobbed. Not by the middle or upper classes, of course, but by the working class and poor. There were young parents and their big familes, college students on a budget, single mothers and their children, elderly people shopping for themselves–all oppressed by the low … Continue reading Yea Wal-Mart!

The company continues to battle the union thugs in Colorado. Also the political thugs and their special interests (union and corporate) in California and New York. What a great firm. Not only does it serve the poor (and the rest of us) with low prices, it promotes international amity through trade with Chinese companies, which seem to make every neat, well-priced item I see these days. May Wal-Mart also be the final nail in the coffin of that criminal conspiracy called the trade union. (Thanks to AE and Kent Snyder for the links.)