JustAnotherModernGuy Posted July 31, 2009 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,
Minnesotan Posted July 31, 2009 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.
sonofcioran Posted August 4, 2009 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.
Minnesotan Posted August 4, 2009 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.
JustAnotherModernGuy Posted August 7, 2009 Author 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
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