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Originally posted by ZindoDoone
reply to post by jamie83
Your missing the point intensionaly or you realy have not researched it very well. let me give you a concrete example ofWalmart tactics. I lived,for a few years, in a little town called Eastport,Maine. There are four or five little towns within a 30 mile radius. Walmart sent they're 'Mystery Shopper' brigade in to every store in the towns involved and took down all the prices of the goods sold in these mom & pop stores, When they opened they undercut everything that they sold even to a point of loosing money in that area. They make it up in the rest of the stores they own. Eastport now has 75% boarded up buildings from mom & pop operations that people where making decent living from. Then when Walmart has the territory sewed up they raise the prices to make the store profitable. Walmart only hires part time workers and lets the states they are in pick up the medical costs and all other services of they're employees. A mom & pop operation in that area probably made the family that owned it 30,000 net for they're labors. Now,if they are lucky to find another job, they work part time and hope they make ends meet. In rural areas this is demolishing the American way. Theres no moral right to do this. Its corporate greed and the Walton family could not care less thats it ruining many whole communities. They are evil and are NOT the American corporate family they portray themselves as.PERIOD!
Zindo
Some good points and at the fore of the thread. This IS the way Wal-Mart is destroying the basic "small town business, way of life!" I've seen for myself, the same tactics used in even large cities.
Originally posted by thefreepatriot
reply to post by Ryan Lloyd
Again This was not the main point of my post... The point is most people have the connection that 666= the devil which is Evil... Wal-Mart in my opinion is destroying America... and I believe this equals to being evil.. Even if it is "business" Try telling that to someone who had to file Bankruptcy for there business of 30 years. because Wal-Mart just moved in.. And are then forced to work for Wal-Mart for min wage. and no benefits.. it's always easy to say well Its war, or its Business, or thats how life is... Until it happens to you or your family.
Originally posted by Ryan Lloyd
Originally posted by thefreepatriot
reply to post by Ryan Lloyd
Again This was not the main point of my post... The point is most people have the connection that 666= the devil which is Evil... Wal-Mart in my opinion is destroying America... and I believe this equals to being evil.. Even if it is "business" Try telling that to someone who had to file Bankruptcy for there business of 30 years. because Wal-Mart just moved in.. And are then forced to work for Wal-Mart for min wage. and no benefits.. it's always easy to say well Its war, or its Business, or thats how life is... Until it happens to you or your family.
Like i said man its brutal and yes something along those lines has happened to a few of my family before, and no its not nice but to be honest its either live with it or cry about it, you have just got to get on with your life and at the end of the day it is the biggest and best business that wins. So if your a small corner shop then i guess there is no hope for you when the Convinient store rolls in.
Sorry to hear about it! Good luck!