Quote Originally Posted by CitizenCain View Post
No you're not. Just because it's the best option doesn't make it the only one. You could convert your car to run on natural gas, use generic medications instead of brand name ones, pay more money for crappier produce (local-grown, organic), use a local credit union and only shop at mom and pop stores.

The fact that you don't only illustrates exactly why "big business" got big in the first place - providing better goods and services, cheaper than everyone else.
You're missing the Big Picture.

In my daily life I do all those local things, but even generics come from Big Pharma and Big Chains. (There's a good article about that at Bloomberg, and how pharma goes thru Ireland, to Amsterdam, to Bermuda, just to avoid corporate income taxes.)

Even the local mom and pops have to adjust prices to compete with WalMart's super store.

And what about money....it's all tied to the Fed and Treasury, FDIC, CTFC, OCC....no way around that.


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