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Walmart??
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:35 pm
Why don’t people on this board slam Walmart? They had more to do with destroying mill town American than any other corporation out there. And to do it, they targeted the people whose jobs they were destroying as they snapped up massive percentages of the retail market share in rural America (and they take so much advantage of the welfare programs in this country that their employees that make $10/hour have to rely on to survive).
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 9:39 pm
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Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:37 pm to Built Ford Tough
We live in a market economy where companies compete to win.
Walmart was able to offer consumers products at lower prices. They won. And consumers benefited.
Nobody has a right to a job.
Walmart was able to offer consumers products at lower prices. They won. And consumers benefited.
Nobody has a right to a job.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:37 pm to Built Ford Tough
i just dont shop there unless i have to buy something i cant get anywhere else in town.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:39 pm to Built Ford Tough
Because they are the backbone to my regions society. They give to education, arts, food, athletics, and many other types of things. They also allow for other companies to provide goods by being a central vendor at low costs.
Also were you bitching about Sears or Kresge?
And the idiot that downvoted has no clue about what Walmart does in philanthropy
Also were you bitching about Sears or Kresge?
And the idiot that downvoted has no clue about what Walmart does in philanthropy
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:40 pm to Built Ford Tough
quote:are you new around here? Walmart gets slammed here more than Karen.
Why don’t people on this board slam Walmart?
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:41 pm to Built Ford Tough
They provide inexpensive products that raise the quality of life in a less costly fashion for a broader scale of people. Sorry to a few mama papa shops, but their business didn’t provide nearly the same service from a cost-benefit perspective.
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:42 pm to Built Ford Tough
Is your wife's name Karen?
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:43 pm to Built Ford Tough
Fractional reserve lending and fiat currency killed small business. Walmart just took dvntage if it better than most.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:48 pm to Built Ford Tough
The nineties called and want their talking point back.
The modern version of what you are bitching about is Amazon.
The modern version of what you are bitching about is Amazon.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:49 pm to Built Ford Tough
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(and they take so much advantage of the welfare programs in this country that their employees that make $10/hour have to rely on to survive).
bullshite. I live in a very rural/small town area.. 1300 people.. and the starting pay at Walmart is 14/hr.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 9:52 pm to Built Ford Tough
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(and they take so much advantage of the welfare programs in this country that their employees that make $10/hour have to rely on to survive
Seems more like you disagree with government handouts than walmart over this. They don’t control welfare programs. I can’t blame anyone for utilizing benefits afforded to them by the gov.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 10:01 pm to Built Ford Tough
How freaking many posters here have 8 year old alters in waiting? 
Posted on 5/6/20 at 10:23 pm to Built Ford Tough
More dangerous than anything you mention is their massive lobby for welfare and food stamp programs knowing they are the direct recipient of the high majority of those guvment hand outs.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 10:25 pm to Built Ford Tough
Amazon is a 1000x better for small businesses than Wal-Mart.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 10:25 pm to Built Ford Tough
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Why don’t people on this board slam Walmart?
Because it is one of the few places where we're safe from the Rona.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 10:35 pm to Built Ford Tough
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Built Ford Tough
Well your user name is rather ironic to your post seeing as to how Henry Ford is considered the father of mass production of a product.
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:52 am to Built Ford Tough
This may come as a shock to you, but Walmart does still have a significant amount of US made goods on the shelf.
Yes some items like electronics, toys, clothes, and tools maybe made in China or BFE.
But most of the food you buy, cleaning supplies, paper products, and more are made in the USA.
Some foods are even made right here in Louisiana and stocked on their shelves across the region. Regionally, I have even seen that Walmart’s gallon sized jugs are bottled in Shreveport using the Shreveport public water system. Walmart has even allowed some small food manufacturers sell their products on their shelves.
Yes some items like electronics, toys, clothes, and tools maybe made in China or BFE.
But most of the food you buy, cleaning supplies, paper products, and more are made in the USA.
Some foods are even made right here in Louisiana and stocked on their shelves across the region. Regionally, I have even seen that Walmart’s gallon sized jugs are bottled in Shreveport using the Shreveport public water system. Walmart has even allowed some small food manufacturers sell their products on their shelves.
Posted on 5/7/20 at 12:57 am to Built Ford Tough
Because Walmart still provides the comic relief of their patrons' antics and the mental uplift of having a place to go and say "I feel so good about my life after being in there."
Posted on 5/7/20 at 1:10 am to Built Ford Tough
The textile mills never made it to Louisiana because the swamp trash were too dumb to work there?
Posted on 5/7/20 at 2:11 am to Built Ford Tough
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Why don’t people on this board slam Walmart?
Because they're the absolute best at capitalism.
Sure they took away a shite load of jobs, but those jobs were minimum wage also.
You can make plenty of money from Walmart if you are willing to make 1 of 2 choices.
1. Be a store manager and be willing to move.
2. Transfer to Bentonville Arkansas. I have lived in Bentonville my entire life. My wife started as a cashier and doesn't have a degree to this day.
She spent over a decade getting promoted through Walmart and jumped to the vendor side.
She's on the cusp of making 7 figures with a high school diploma.
Part of the problem is that people think they need to earn great money where they stand.
Sometimes you have to go where the money is, but most people aren't willing to do that.
This post was edited on 5/7/20 at 2:50 am
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