JustAnotherModernGuy Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Ordering a coffee at my favorite local coffee shop (see my links in Providence City Guide) I noticed a new sign sitting next to the cash register. It read something like, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 I tend to embrace the free market (most often out of necessity). If the giant box of Ramen noodles that will make up half of my dinners for the next month is ten cents cheaper at Walmart, I'm shopping there. Local businesses can fend for themselves. If I get a tenure-track job at Yale, I'll be a bit pickier, perhaps. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofcioran Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I tend to embrace the free market (most often out of necessity). If the giant box of Ramen noodles that will make up half of my dinners for the next month is ten cents cheaper at Walmart, I'm shopping there. Local businesses can fend for themselves. If I get a tenure-track job at Yale, I'll be a bit pickier, perhaps. We'll see. Having done payroll for several hundred small businesses when I worked for a payroll co, I have no remorse for these small business owners. They routinely employ illegal immigrants, pay below minimum wage, cheat on overtime and pay employees like they're 1099s. I don't shop at Walmart, either, though. Not that I care about small businesses or staying local, but they censor everything. Not a fan of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I don't shop at Walmart, either, though. Not that I care about small businesses or staying local, but they censor everything. Not a fan of that. That's true. But I go elsewhere for my porn. It's free on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherModernGuy Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Having done payroll for several hundred small businesses when I worked for a payroll co, I have no remorse for these small business owners. They routinely employ illegal immigrants, pay below minimum wage, cheat on overtime and pay employees like they're 1099s. I don't shop at Walmart, either, though. Not that I care about small businesses or staying local, but they censor everything. Not a fan of that. Does this mean you are suggesting, between those illegal immigrants and the corporate censorship, we really shouldn't bother with this activity of reading? I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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