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gab13by13

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6. Nope, not spending should have happened the day Walmart came to town,

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:48 AM

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Greedy corporatists are going to always greed.

I warned my friends not to shop at Walmart that it would kill the small stores, but they didn't listen, they wanted those 10 dollar blue jeans and shirts. I have maybe been in Walmart 5 times because I live in a rural town and had nowhere else to go.

The end result of crony capitalism is monopolies. If no one had shopped at Walmart way back, we would have more people employed today.

People are going to buy from Amazon because they can make an order and have it delivered to them the next day. I just needed a bulb for my clothes dryer, I called my only local appliance store and gave the nice lady the GE part number which was less that the Speed Queen price and she ordered it for me and got it for me in 2 days at a cheaper price because I didn't pay shipping. Now my local appliance store is ordering the cheaper GE bulbs that work just fine.

I buy all of my appliances from my local in town store, I don't go to Lowes. I used to buy my Red Wing work boots from my local country store. Do I pay more because I shop local, yes I do but it keeps those small stores in business.

Don't just blame the corporate hogs, Americans wanted those Chinese products.

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