Wal-Mart

Wal-mart is the biggest market in the U.S. Wal-Mart not only earns lots of money, but also pays lots of tax. According to USA Today (2003, par.1), “Wal-Mart’s influence on the U.S. economy has reached levels not seen by a single company since the 19th-century rise of Standard Oil, economists and historians say.” Wal-mart is good for both people and economy.

Wal-Mart should be founded in the Carbondale-Murphysboro area.

First, Wal-Mart will develop the Carbondale-Murphysboro area. This area is underdeveloped and should be developed for villagers who live in Carbondale-Murphysboro. The Wal-Mart is the origin of development. If there is Wal-Mart, other convenient facilities will exist. As many people pass by the Wal-Mart, a floating population increases, then other facilities are also inaugurated. Therefore, the villagers can get goods easily.

Second, the employment rate of the area will increase. The Wal-Mart will offer lots of jobs to people. This little area like Carbondale-Murphysboro has few jobs. So villagers have less opportunity of getting jobs than in developed areas. According to Locke (2004), “Wal-Mart created 125,000 U.S. jobs, and is continuously adding thousands each month” (par.7). The Wal-Mart Hill help to increase the employment rate.

Finally, the residents can get goods at low prices. Wal-Mart sells the goods at low prices so many people have less financial burden . A family can save about $2000 per year (Hoenig, 2004). The Wal-Mart takes less money from us and pays lots of tax. Buying goods at the Wal-Mart can make this area developed. R. Auxier (2005) said Murphysboro could not solve its financial problem by taking the tax from Wal-Mart. However, I think that doing something is better than doing nothing. Murphysboro is doing well. They know their problem and by choosing the Wal-Mart, they solve the problem.

In conclusión, by building the Wal-Mart, Murphysboro can develop the area, increase the employment rate, and help dwellers buy the goods cheaply. Murphysboro can get many profits if they build the Wal-Mart.

Reference

Hoeing, J. (2006, Feb 10). Welcome Wal-Mart. www.capmag.com. Retrieved November 26, 2007 from http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4561

Locke, E. (2004, Feb 22). Three cheers for Wal-Mart. www.capmag.com. Retrieved November 26, 2007 from http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=3534

Jacobs, N. (2005, April). Local opposition to future Wal-Mart Supercenter in Murphysboro. www.dailyegyptian.com. Retrieved November 26, 2007 from http://newshound.de.siu.edu/spring05/stories/storyReader$858

USA Today (2003, Jan). Wal-Mart influence grows. www.usatoday.com. Retrieved November 26, 2007 from http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2003-01-28-walmartnation_x.htm

The government should make the counterplan

In the Newscientist.com (1991) article, “Mercury poisoning confirmed among Amazon villagers”, the author said that the residents along the Amazon suffered from mercury contamination. Branches, who is a doctor in Santarem, found out that Amazon villagers are over the limit of mercury safety, because of contaminated fish which live in the Amazon and inhale the mercury. For example, people have two micrograms per gram of hair, but Amazon residents have more than average people. In case of babies, they have three times more than other babies who don’t live in the Amazon. Branches said that as time goes by the patients who have been treated for mercury were increased. The team of Para Federal University, which investigates with Imperial College, also discovered that lots of mercury was thrown by gold miners and the people inhaled the mercury vapor. The gold miners, Brazil said, get the silt and extract the gold using the mercury. After doing that, the leftover silt is dumped by the gold miners. Almost all gold miners are in an area of the Tapajos river, the Madeira, and near Venezuela.

The government should make the counterplan.

First, the government should stop using the mercury. If the mercury is in the ground, it doesn’t matter. However, if the mercury is in the water, the mercury turns into the methyl mercury. The methyl mercury is harmful to our body and the methyl mercury which is in the fish never goes out so, the mercury accumulates more and more. After eating the fish, we have disease or we can die.

Second, the government should establish a limit on gold mining. If there is a limit, the gold miners can use the mercury less than before. Thus, the addiction to the mercury decreases. If the government lets the gold miners do the same, the more
problems will occur.

Finally, the government should make other methods to degrade the mercury. They should in invest making chemicals to stop using mercury. For example, using chlorination can separate the gold from the gold ore. If the chlorination gas is put to the melting gold, we can get the pure gold. In this way, we can find the other methods and we won’t harm the people or the environment.

In conclusion, the government should arrange a limit on gold mining, stop the gold miner’s use of mercury, and find an other method ot extract gold. We should protect the environment and people.

Reference
Homewood, B.(1991, November 09). Mercury poisoning confirmed among Amazon villagers. Newscientist.com. Retrieved October 29, 2007 from http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg13217941.800&print=true