RE: WWJS

Ashley Pina has strong points in her editorial 'Where would Jesus shop' and it's difficult not to agree with her. She has pointed an extremely negative picture for products made in China, with thousands upon thousands of people half way around the world receiving less than bearable wages. The happenings in China reflect our own mentality back in the early days of industrialization, and obviously need to be monitored by their government in order to fix it. If that were to take affect, the competition between factories in America and overseas wouldn't create the difficulties of job shortages we face today. With the Chinese wages producing American products, naturally Wal-Mart and Target can sell things for much less than any local business producing American made products since Americans have higher wage requirements. However, even though Wal-Mart can sell for less, statistics Pina shows proves that it does more harm than good for our local economy. Saving a few bucks in the house hold can be worth a lot overall, allowing a family to manage extra needs into their budget. If Wal-Mart does, however, take away over three fourths of our money out of the local money pool, that means there is less money in the area to support our city. Less money towards local wages and producing means less money for consumers to spend. It seems like an all around bust for the local people and a great success for the big shots in the big companies. Local businesses, while they are becoming scarce around the country, they are necessary to keep our local economy afloat. With less and less money being put in our pockets today it's essential to keep as much as we can as close to us as possible.