Well, well, well! Beat me with a stick and call me tenderized!
After reading an op-ed in today's paper about Wal-Mart's in-house health care and $4 prescriptions (which is helping a whole lot of low-income folks), I ended up feeling a bit warm and fuzzy about this company that I usually disdain.
Still, despite all the good things cited that Wal-Mart has done (contribution$, etc), I cannot wrap my arms around them.
Why?
Most products sold at Wal-Mart are made in China.
So, what's wrong with that? Besides being cheaply-produced with toxic materials-- often recalled--Wal-Mart is complicit in the dismantling of America's manufacturing industries.
They aren't solely responsible for the collapse of our system but they've contributed by selling imported junk, er I mean, goods for over forty years.
But maybe Wal-Mart is turning a corner, trying to polish their tarnished image by tapping into one of our national sore spots: a health care system that is broken.
So, they did something about it with no-appointment in-house clinics available seven days a week. For that, I applaud them, but...
I'm still not shopping at Wal-Mart.
