[Jewelry making - Article 00420] - Re: [Orchid] Weapons of mass-destruction

[Sam Patania]

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    Walmart is fascinating. As a manufacturer of jewelry myself who has
    taken a significant part of his production 500 yards south of the US
    Mexico border I find the conundrum fascinating. On the one hand, I
    could not stay in business with out the cheaper labor and on the
    other hand I have met each of the Mexican craftsman who work for me
    and their standard of living is much better for the work. The 2
    people I have had to let go from my studio in Tucson BECAUSE I can't
    compete with the Mexican labor have both found employment, one is a
    teacher and the other a bench jeweler at a large national chain. Just
    a thought about the destruction of Vlasic and Levis via Walmart,
    these companies looked to Walmart to fund their own greed and have
    no one to blame but themselves. If Vlasic had stuck to it's
    marketing strategy of being the premium pickle then why did they get
    in volved with Walmart to begin with? If Levis wanted to be the US
    jeans manufacturor then again, why get involved with Walmart.
    Walmart is a convenient target but with all the jobs leaving the US
    to fuel Walmart , all we will be able to afford IS Walmart with our
    McDonalds salaries. But, then who am I to talk? Sam Patania, Tucson 



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