Comments on: Wal-Mart and Food http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/wal-mart-and-fo.html where orders emerge Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: buzz http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/wal-mart-and-fo.html/comment-page-1#comment-182987 buzz Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:30:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3157#comment-182987 I don't shop at Walmart because the stores are cruddy and loaded with shoddy merchandise. Actually, you can get the same stuff or higher quality merchandise at TARGET for LESS, these days...... I don’t shop at Walmart because the stores are cruddy and loaded with shoddy merchandise. Actually, you can get the same stuff or higher quality merchandise at TARGET for LESS, these days……

]]> By: vidyohs http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/wal-mart-and-fo.html/comment-page-1#comment-27957 vidyohs Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:07:10 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3157#comment-27957 <p>"What about moral obligations? <br /> Posted by: Crusader | Jul 28, 2008 6:52:50 PM"</p> <p>Dear Crusader,<br /> I admit the quote is selective, but I have two questions: 1. Of what moral obligations would you be speaking? 2. How do you apply your questions to the thread?</p> "What about moral obligations?
Posted by: Crusader | Jul 28, 2008 6:52:50 PM"

Dear Crusader,
I admit the quote is selective, but I have two questions: 1. Of what moral obligations would you be speaking? 2. How do you apply your questions to the thread?

]]> By: Crusader http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/wal-mart-and-fo.html/comment-page-1#comment-27968 Crusader Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:52:50 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3157#comment-27968 <p>What about moral obligations? Just to live by the letter of the law is not enough...</p> <p>Bring back the prosecutorial spirit of '34!</p> What about moral obligations? Just to live by the letter of the law is not enough…

Bring back the prosecutorial spirit of '34!

]]> By: vidyohs http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/wal-mart-and-fo.html/comment-page-1#comment-27958 vidyohs Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:52:24 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3157#comment-27958 <p>"And there’s the food industry itself, which has long funneled research dollars into scarf-and-bolt goods of the high-flavor and high-fat sort. Roberts cites a report projecting that the true measure of success will soon be whether foodstuffs “can be consumed one-handed, and whether packaging causes a mess.”</p> <p>America gave birth to the fast food industry because Americans are the busiest and most productive people on the planet.</p> <p>Did Americans evolve to serve the fast food industry; or, did the fast food industry evolve to serve Americans?</p> <p>Ridiculous question and blatantly obvious answer, but don't ask it on the campus of the U. of Colorado at Boulder unless you want to find out just how difficult it really is.</p> "And there’s the food industry itself, which has long funneled research dollars into scarf-and-bolt goods of the high-flavor and high-fat sort. Roberts cites a report projecting that the true measure of success will soon be whether foodstuffs “can be consumed one-handed, and whether packaging causes a mess.”

America gave birth to the fast food industry because Americans are the busiest and most productive people on the planet.

Did Americans evolve to serve the fast food industry; or, did the fast food industry evolve to serve Americans?

Ridiculous question and blatantly obvious answer, but don't ask it on the campus of the U. of Colorado at Boulder unless you want to find out just how difficult it really is.

]]> By: John Dewey http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/wal-mart-and-fo.html/comment-page-1#comment-27967 John Dewey Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:32:10 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3157#comment-27967 <p><em>Lincoln McCain: "It seems pretty unprincipled of Walmart to seek these political rents when entering a town, especially when other companies who were there for years dutifully paying taxes get no such tax breaks."</em></p> <p>I'm not sure I understand why trying to avoid paying taxes is unprincipled. Can you explain?</p> <p>Is it Walmart that is unprincipled when governments grant tax breaks to some businesses but not to others? By law and by contract the officers of Walmart are supposed to act in the best interest of the owners of the firm - the shareholders. Isn't trying to avoid paying taxes exactly acting in the interests of shareholders?</p> <p>Government officials are legally obligated to act in the interests of the legal residents of their community. Are you claiming these government officials are unpincipled in granting tax breaks to large companies? By the way, they grant tax breaks to numerous businesses, not just to Walmart.</p> <p>The governing bodies of a community realize that the huge sales taxes from a Walmart will flow to their community rather than to the one next door or down the road. That's why most communities grant tax breaks to Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and other large retailers. Elected officials are maximizing the overall tax revenues of their communities, in many cases from residents of surrounding towns. Isn't that acting in the best interests of the population they serve?</p> <p>Just exactly how are Walmart and elected officials unprincipled, Lincoln? As I see it, both Walmart and governments are fulfilling their legal obligations to the people they represent. </p> Lincoln McCain: "It seems pretty unprincipled of Walmart to seek these political rents when entering a town, especially when other companies who were there for years dutifully paying taxes get no such tax breaks."

I'm not sure I understand why trying to avoid paying taxes is unprincipled. Can you explain?

Is it Walmart that is unprincipled when governments grant tax breaks to some businesses but not to others? By law and by contract the officers of Walmart are supposed to act in the best interest of the owners of the firm – the shareholders. Isn't trying to avoid paying taxes exactly acting in the interests of shareholders?

Government officials are legally obligated to act in the interests of the legal residents of their community. Are you claiming these government officials are unpincipled in granting tax breaks to large companies? By the way, they grant tax breaks to numerous businesses, not just to Walmart.

The governing bodies of a community realize that the huge sales taxes from a Walmart will flow to their community rather than to the one next door or down the road. That's why most communities grant tax breaks to Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and other large retailers. Elected officials are maximizing the overall tax revenues of their communities, in many cases from residents of surrounding towns. Isn't that acting in the best interests of the population they serve?

Just exactly how are Walmart and elected officials unprincipled, Lincoln? As I see it, both Walmart and governments are fulfilling their legal obligations to the people they represent.

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