Brief by Allen Best
Wal-Mart – May 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
Is the backlash against Wal-Mart comparable to racism and economic elitism? That’s the argument of David Reinhard of Ketchum, Idaho. “Wal-Martism – you can almost hear the ‘There goes the neighborhood’ cries of yesteryear,” he writes in the Idaho Mountain Express.
He sees the protests against Wal-Mart as constituting economic elitism. “Why deny low-income folks a chance to shop and save?” he says. “Saving $500 a year in grocery costs alone may not seem like a lot to some, but it’s vital to many others.”
He also argues that Wal-Mart has been unfairly castigated for its wages and benefits package.
