Walmart vs Food Stamps

I can't believe people like this really exist. It's like a caricature or something.

"I do whatever it takes to survive and live a socially conscious life," said Powell, who has a tepee in his yard.

Part of that survival — or so he thought — included shopping at Wal-Mart to take advantage of cheaper prices for himself, his partner and her two children. Then his discussions about Wal-Mart with Sandra Carner-Shafran, a teaching assistant at BOCES and a member of the Board of Directors of New York State United Teachers, started churning inside him.

Back to another of his bumper stickers: "Words become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character. Character becomes destiny."

Powell put the brakes on his actions. Shopping at Wal-Mart? This is a place that encourages employees to get social services because it does not provide adequate health insurance or wages; sells goods made in sweatshops; and upsets entire communities by undercutting the downtown stores, then raising its prices when the locals go out of business.

"I don't like what Wal-Mart stands for," Powell said, noting the mega-chain's scanty health insurance for staffers. "Because of all those things they can lower the prices."

He and his partner agreed to go on food stamps for their family rather than shop at Wal-Mart any longer.

Let me see if I understand this.

1) Liberal doesn't like Wal-Mart because it "encourages" people to go on the dole.
2) Liberal goes on the dole because he doesn't want to shop at Wal-Mart.

No, this wasn't an Onion article.

Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be a large cloud of smug around this guy.

(tip to Club for Growth)

Economics and Markets Posted by AlexC at March 31, 2006 11:47 AM