In response to Wal-Mart’s plans to sell 42-inch flat-panel TVs for $1,200, I applauded the discount retailer for making the world a more affordable, if not better place.

I have no idea whether Meijer‘s post-Thanksgiving doorbuster (selling 42-inch TVs for $499) is a response to Wal-Mart’s always low prices; but it doesn’t really matter.

How anyone, anywhere, can argue that this is somehow bad for consumers, or bad for the economy, is beyond me.