hno: Did we ever figure out that whole buying power thing yet? How's that college degree in economics treating you?:lol:Just having fun. I just wish I someone up to my level to debate with in here. You and JoeC have been torn apart. C gold doesn't even know what buying power is and he is an economics major. I had to explain to him that low prices does not equal "good for the economy". And BBlight and others just avoid serious questions with insults. You guys need a new recruit.
If higher prices mean that the people making the product were given benefits and fair wages and it was made by local people, yes indeed I look for the higher price. It all comes full circle eventually, the better those people do, the better I do, the better we all do.:aktion033 I want everyone to live well and prosper, not just a select few.
Local is best. I'd buy something from someone from any state or country on Ebay. That is different. Local economies should stay strong, buy from the person that will eventually buy from you. That is how it should work. With large corporations in the way we are buying from one person and sending all the money to one spot. This person will never recycle the money back to our local businesses.
As for fair wages, there is no set answer for that. It is basically a wage that could be lived on. 8 dollars an hour at a Walmart is not a livable wage. If Walmart wanted to help out the local economy where they were operating they would lower their profits and pay $15 an hour. This would make the local economy thrive because they are putting in decent money. These people would then have the money to shop at locally owned stores and spend the money where it can help. Sending the money to the top is not what makes us all flourish.
