Summary # 10 T. Burns

In the essay "Progressive Wal-Mart. Really." written by Sebastian Mallaby he defends the ever so large Wal-Mart Coorporation. He explains how Wal-Mart's critics attack what it is doing and the arguments brought up to make Wal-Mart look bad. To him anti-Wal-Mart campaign is funny to him. The reasons that non-Wal-Mart supporters throw out that is wrong to do are in fact all reasons that every business goes by. For example..."Wal-Mart is plotting to contain health costs, Wal-Mart has a war room to defend its imige, and Wal-Mart aims to enrich shareholders and put rivals out of business." He explains why these reasons are not legitimate because it is in fact what every business trying to get bigger and better will do. According to Mallaby, Wal-Mart in fact helps the lower income families in the world because their prices are more affordable. He states "The average Wal-Mart customer earns $35,000 a year, compared with $50,000 at Target and $74,000 at Costco." This quote in itself shows that the lower end of the income per year families go to Wal-Mart more than they do the other businesses. The argument is a good one in Wal-Mart's defense after seeing the numbers and hearing some of the facts.