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I haven't specifically found what I'm talking about, but some of the various problems can be found outlined, with citations, here: http://wakeupwalmart.com/facts/

Ah, the old "rooting for inefficiency with my dollars" shtick. (The Amish should have patented that.)

I try very hard to not shop at Walmart either, but it isn't because of prices. I've found that buying clothes from walmart that they wear out much faster than buying from Kohls. I don't know if they use thinner threads or what, but I get holes in walmart clothes while they are still in relatively new condition.

As for Groceries, I could probably save a bit of money buying from walmart as opposed to Wegmans, but I have made a choice to vote with my wallet on business practices. Wegmans has been voted into the FORTUNE top 100 companies to work for every year from 1998-2010, with a first place posting in 2005 and 2010 was voted third. I am pretty sure most of those years were in the top10, but am not going to do the research.

Walmart on the other hand specifically hires part time workers and keeps their hours low so they do not have to provide benefits to them. Source.

How does being able to get goods at a lower price hurt a local economy?

When you consider that every piece of cheap crap on the shelves at Wal-Mart comes with loss of American manufacturing jobs, abuse of Wal-Mart employees, support of the brutal Chinese government, and environmental devastation from Chinese industrialization - plus costs to local governments in both direct subsidies to Wal-Mart and in providing the infrastructure that makes their big boxes possible - you might see that the actual cost is a lot higher than the shelf price.

Shopping at Wal-Mart hurts America.

.... ok, off topic, but: Driving down prices with products imported from China is not a good thing. Putting people out of business who are just barley earning a living is not a good thing. Shutting down an entire store just because they voted for a union is not a good thing.

Spoken like a true "Pro-Wallmart" placement!

I still can't say anything nice about them...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20367400/?GT1=10252
http://www.walmartmovie.com/
http://wakeupwalmart.com/

...we don't see any nationwide days of protest directed toward the technical support industry.

Yeah, the company's actions are completely ethical