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George[_1_]

sf wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:29:48 GMT, Orlando Enrique Fiol
> > wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>> That was my only point, that people who are struggling with
>>> their food budget should consider serving more vegetarian fare.
>>> Somehow I think that made me a bad guy.
>> It's not enough to tell people to eat vegetarian if they don't know how
>> to prepare vegetables and have little access to fresh produce. Rather
>> than put up so many liquor stores and check cashing places in public
>> housing neighborhoods, states should give small supermarkets and farmers
>> markets zoning preferences and discounts for opening up near public
>> housing projects.
>>
> And armed guards to protect them. There's a reason why decent
> groceries and other retail businesses are not near public housing
> projects.
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>
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But also consider one of the big reasons is that walmart gets oodles of
freebies which the government picked from our pockets and no taxes for
nine years which helps them trash the small merchants.