Thursday, May 13, 2004
 
Steve Chapman Speaks Word to Power

Steve Chapman, in today's Chicago Tribune says (registration required):
    Some newcomers are planning to move to Chicago, and the invasion sounds as though it will be a grim affair. "They're a negative for the city," said one fearful alderman. They're guilty of "treating people wrong," said an angry minister. They exploit a "slave mentality," charged another clergyman.

    You'd think Genghis Khan was riding in our direction, with his marauding hordes in tow. In fact, the would-be migrants are from Wal-Mart, whose chief crime is to become one of the most successful companies in American history. All the giant retailer is threatening to bring is a few hundred jobs and a lot of inexpensive products. But critics want the City Council to block the project.
Bobo opponents want to block it because it's Wal-Mart. But it's a good company, an employer, and a seller of things people want to buy. Get off the anti-capitalist chic and let it in.

Just don't let the local government throw people out of their homes or provide tax breaks.

(Originally seen on Daniel Drezner because I must be slow today getting to my Chicagoland papers.)

- posted by Brian J. @ 6:51 PM
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