Editor, While I found Whitney J. Davis' article on Wal-Mart in Wednesday's
Daily Lobo one of the most informative articles that your paper has produced, the root problem of Wal-Mart is the government,
not Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is only playing the same game as the rest of corporate America. That is, the problem with Wal-Mart is not the retailer itself, but the politicians
and government lobbyists. The politicians are essentially bribed, and they use their power to subsidize thousands of companies across the U.S. Though they may think they are doing good, they actually harm the American people while their campaign funding increases all the time. It is essentially the epitome of corruption.Through what are essentially bribes, we see the top corporations with the top lobbyists in Washington attempting to manipulate the tax system and get subsidized. Subsidies and lobbying should end now. While capitalism is the best and only system, it is useless if there is corruption in the government.
We must put a stop to politicians
who try to run our economy by shackling our free economic system.There is a great book by Neal Boortz, The Fair Tax Book, that deals with this issue in depth. The fair tax would eliminate the lobbyists,
end the IRS and cut down on needless consumption in the U.S. I encourage everyone to read about it before jumping to conclusions.Wal-Mart does need to be on a fair playing field, as does the rest of corporate America - not all small businesses have access to politicians who use the government to force them out.
