I
was recently debating public schools vs privatizing the education
system. (Of course I'm for a free market education and not public)
When the other person said to me-
"Yeah, that's exactly what we need, a Walmart owning and operating all the schools"
He said this as if it should be self evident that Walmart is a bad thing for society?
So I said- you mean the Walmart that has made almost everything we buy
less expensive? Making it possible for the poorest among us to own 60"
LCD HD TV's and $20 phones with calling plans almost free and all sorts
of wonderful things?
That Walmart?
The one that took
minimum wage jobs with no benefits away from Bradlees and K Mart and
turned them into $11.00 per hour jobs with health insurance and 401 K
programs?
The Walmart that personally made me richer by saving
me tons of money as well as time because I can do my food shopping and
everything else at the same time?
That Walmart?
How awful!
Then he responded with the usual line about buying from the Chinese etc etc...
Because apparently its Walmarts fault that the Chinese produce products
less expensive than Americans and regardless of this economic fact
Walmart should buy more expensive products and let another business kick
its ass.
Perhaps the answer to that problem is for the state
to stop murdering its businesses to death through regulation and taxes
and we could once again outcompete the Chinese.
I'm all for
Walmart education. Truth is that would be very unlikely, unless of
course a business figured out how to give us far better education so we
all decided to send our kids there.
The free market works.
Join the revolution!
I
was recently debating public schools vs privatizing the education
system. (Of course I'm for a free market education and not public)
When the other person said to me-
"Yeah, that's exactly what we need, a Walmart owning and operating all the schools"
He said this as if it should be self evident that Walmart is a bad thing for society?
So I said- you mean the Walmart that has made almost everything we buy
less expensive? Making it possible for the poorest among us to own 60"
LCD HD TV's and $20 phones with calling plans almost free and all sorts
of wonderful things?
That Walmart?
The one that took minimum wage jobs with no benefits away from Bradlees and K Mart and turned them into $11.00 per hour jobs with health insurance and 401 K programs?
The Walmart that personally made me richer by saving me tons of money as well as time because I can do my food shopping and everything else at the same time?
That Walmart?
How awful!
Then he responded with the usual line about buying from the Chinese etc etc...
Because apparently its Walmarts fault that the Chinese produce products less expensive than Americans and regardless of this economic fact Walmart should buy more expensive products and let another business kick its ass.
Perhaps the answer to that problem is for the state to stop murdering its businesses to death through regulation and taxes and we could once again outcompete the Chinese.
I'm all for Walmart education. Truth is that would be very unlikely, unless of course a business figured out how to give us far better education so we all decided to send our kids there.
The free market works.
Join the revolution!
That Walmart?
The one that took minimum wage jobs with no benefits away from Bradlees and K Mart and turned them into $11.00 per hour jobs with health insurance and 401 K programs?
The Walmart that personally made me richer by saving me tons of money as well as time because I can do my food shopping and everything else at the same time?
That Walmart?
How awful!
Then he responded with the usual line about buying from the Chinese etc etc...
Because apparently its Walmarts fault that the Chinese produce products less expensive than Americans and regardless of this economic fact Walmart should buy more expensive products and let another business kick its ass.
Perhaps the answer to that problem is for the state to stop murdering its businesses to death through regulation and taxes and we could once again outcompete the Chinese.
I'm all for Walmart education. Truth is that would be very unlikely, unless of course a business figured out how to give us far better education so we all decided to send our kids there.
The free market works.
Join the revolution!
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