Originally Posted by Sam

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281333,00.html


http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/23/news...orker_arrests/


This is just an added note from my previous post- a large local orchard who hires illegals and ships fruit to be processed at Del Monte in Portland who the sells to Wal-mart cheaply was raided. I am not trying to turn this into an illegal immigrant thread. I am just pointing out when you know the people you do business with it is easier to know and understand the business, who they hire and how they conduct business besides putting your dollar back into your community. I think large chains are great on occaision- I just like investing in local american families in my community when I can. If because of this choice a local family makes a decent income as opposed to someone far away making tens of millions that is okay with me. I carefully choose food products and suspect I spend less money then most on high quality food because I do not buy much processed food. I know most of the farmers who supply the co op and I like having that choice. It is nice to have large chains for specific items, but my entire point was choice and investing in ones own community.I mix it up where I shop for goods but when I have a choice I try to buy local and unprocessed by legal workers. Is that a liberal communist socialist satan worshipping terror driven thought? (JK )