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Congress != Progress
I am tired of idealizing "mom and pop" stores. If mom and pop want my business, then make a store where i want to shop, with merchandise i want to buy, at prices i want to pay with a reasonable return policy. I hate mom and pop stores. Most of these stores wont' allow you to return stuff and on and on. No thanks. And, i would much rather work for Walmart than mom and pop.
A lot of people seem to long for the days of paying $10 for a replacement faucet washer and waiting 2 weeks for it to arrive. Either that or they think it's our patriotic duty to pay $75 for a plumber to snake a clogged drain. It's really strange.