Dragonlady
Designing Woman
Most reading this shopped at Wal*Mart sometime this week.
Congratulations, you’re supporting the largest single importer of Chinese made goods and you…yes you….are a globalist.
Walmart Could Become Casualty Of Trade War - Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) | Seeking Alpha
Walmart SHOULD become a casualty of the Trade War. They were actively pressuring American companies to move to offshore manufacturing to lower prices. American fools cheered the move to lower prices at the time.
Americans have always put cheap goods ahead of their fellow citizens for years. Those who say Walmart gave them better prices than Mom and Pop stores.
Mom and Pop stores buy in lower quantities so they can’t negotiate bulk discounts from national brands, or they have to go through a jobber to get small lots, so there’s a middleman to pay. On the positive side, Mom and Pop stores buy from local suppliers, supporting local farmers and artisans. They also pay business taxes and business association taxes which help support the local community.
The mall in the next town isn’t doing that for you. Chain stores buy goods offshore, and the profits go to shareholders with no stake in the community. Most jobs are minimum wage.
I’d rather pay a few dollars more and help support my friends and neighbours and my community by shopping as local as possible.
Chain stores may be cheap but so is the crap they sell.