Tom Bevan asks a great question

Tom Bevan asks John Edwards:

Assuming the Brookings study is true and that the poor really do pay more for goods and services including groceries, insurance, appliances, etc., then one would have to conclude Edwards is fully in favor of organizations that provide consumers (but especially the poor) with low-priced products that allow them to stretch their dollars further. So again we have to ask: why is the left so vehemently opposed to a company like Wal-Mart?

This applies in a lot of other contexts as well, such as school reform in the inner city.