"There is a high cost for the low prices."
That statement, made by a protestor after demonstrators stormed a Mexican Wal-Mart, nicely sums up what's wrong with the company. The demonstrators were protesting Wal-Mart's policies of selling low-cost goods at the expense of workers, farmers and public markets.
Ruben Garcia said the discount chain's low prices take business away from the country's traditional public markets and depress wages for workers and farmers.
"If a cantaloupe costs 20 cents at a Wal-Mart, imagine how much the rural farmers are getting for this cantaloupe," Garcia said. "There is a high cost for the low prices.
Posted by Deck at November 14, 2006 10:51 PM