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We put our hands over our ears and chant "lalalalala" when we hear about Honduran maquiladores forced to work for pennies making our fancy sneakers. Many of us live on incomes that require thrifty shopping, and even the most mindful among us must often lock our consciences in the closet with our Target towels. But then - oh look! Double roll toilet paper and 10 Taylor Swift spiral notebooks for a dollar! We shake our heads when we learn Wal-Mart paid Tom Cruise, Kelly Clarkson and other smiling A-list celebs top dollar to sing its praises at its shareholders' meeting last week as it repeatedly ignores employee demands for safer working environments and better wages. We knit our brows over children toiling away in faraway places like Saipan and China, but we can't help but help ourselves to six-dollar Old Navy t-shirts and 50 percent off tube socks at Sam's. Oh, how we struggle with our love/hate relationship with cheap stuff.