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On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:30:09 GMT, "Larry L"
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"notbob" wrote

What "business practices" would that be? I'm not a big customer of
Cabela's, but they carry some stuff no one else does and at prices often
condiderably less than the competition.


My wife had just read a book called "Free Lunch" with a long subtitle
about
how wealthy people get richer and richer via government subsidies at tax
payer expense ... not sure exactly what exactly ticked her off so
strongly, but it's not like her ....

FWIW, the "wealthy people" pay more, dollar-wise and percentage-wise,
than, well, non-wealthy people, many of who pay little or nothing in any
tax but sales tax. As such, the "wealthy people" ARE the (primary)
tax-payers, so they really aren't getting richer as they would only be
getting _some_ of their own money back. The whole idea of "rich
people," as a subset, getting money from poor ones, as a subset, via
taxation (in the US) simply isn't true. In fact, the subset which pays
the least (or no) tax is the one getting the most, as a percentage of
total wealth, at "tax-payer expense." Moreover, whether you like it or
not, companies like Wal-Mart, Cabela's, Bass Pro, etc., provide a huge
amount of positive economic impact on local and national economies.

I mentioned the two big companies because they are directly related to
the
closure of many 'mom and pop' sporting goods places in NorCal/ Nevada the
last year

Now this is almost certainly true, but it has nothing to do with the
business practices of any of the sellers, but rather, the preferences of
the buyers. This, in real terms, is a valid reason to shop at "mom and
pop" places rather than Cabela's, etc. if you wish to have the smaller
stores remain around. It's all in customer preference, at the end of
the day - Sam's Club might sell all sorts of expensive jewelry (they do,
in fact), but I don't see them putting Tiffany's out of business...

Just when you think the boy couldn't POSSIBLY get any more grotesque!


Wolfgang
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