Reply #13: I can see why you think he's wrong.

[Jack Rabbit]

However, I also think he's right in that the benefits to Americans of hammering WalMart out of existence are too hidden to make it an attractive mass movement. It's like the Christian conservatives who vote Republican. Most of them would be much better off if the Democrats were in control of the government, but they can't see that through other issues. In the case of WalMart, the argument that WalMart is hurting them by driving down wages and not offering benefits is arcane; however, the benefits of WalMart, low prices, aren't.

I think we'll have an easier time getting Christian fundamentalists to abandon the Republican Party because the issues of abortion and gay rights don't directly affect them; no one is making anybody get an abortion and no one is forcing a straight to be gay. When Christian fundamentalists start loving their own families more than they hate gay people, they'll vote for Democrats. On the other hand, it's going to be a little difficult to tell someone to pay higher prices today because it could help him get a bigger paycheck tomorrow, even if that is the case.