http://karendecoster.com/caskets-nascar.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:37:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://karendecoster.com/caskets-nascar.html/comment-page-1#comment-3070 Mark Aster Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:26:20 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=7482#comment-3070 Wow, another cartoonist exhibits anti-Walmart-shopper class bigotry; how original! As for Walmart's entry into yet another non-traditional (for retailers such as themselves) market, I'm sure that some of the more unscrupulous funeral home operators will, like many lazy businesses that eschew true competition, will either cite arcane regulation, or encourage the formation of new laws through lobbying that will prevent families from using coffins purchased from other than funeral parlors because of "public health" or some other spurious concern. This would be sad considering the number of stories that I've read of unclaimed relatives in morgues around the country because relatives and loved ones simply could not afford even an "economic" burial which runs about five to six grand. Hopefully, some funeral home operators will recognize that in this economy, this could be good for themselves and Walmart. Hooray (once again) for Walmart!! Wow, another cartoonist exhibits anti-Walmart-shopper class bigotry; how original! As for Walmart’s entry into yet another non-traditional (for retailers such as themselves) market, I’m sure that some of the more unscrupulous funeral home operators will, like many lazy businesses that eschew true competition, will either cite arcane regulation, or encourage the formation of new laws through lobbying that will prevent families from using coffins purchased from other than funeral parlors because of “public health” or some other spurious concern. This would be sad considering the number of stories that I’ve read of unclaimed relatives in morgues around the country because relatives and loved ones simply could not afford even an “economic” burial which runs about five to six grand. Hopefully, some funeral home operators will recognize that in this economy, this could be good for themselves and Walmart. Hooray (once again) for Walmart!!

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