chef Jay said:

I am all to familiar with the Wal-Mart Effect.  I have taken steps to stop this plague on our small town America.  I will no longer step foot in Wal-Mart For any reason and I hope that I can inspire you as the reader to do the same.

When a Wal-Mart opens in the ouscurts of a small town it sucks the life out of the downtown, small store owners, and people become dependent on Wal-Mart because not only do they have everything at low prices but all the other stores in the town have closed bc they can not compete with the low prices. 
Wal- Mart Says that they provide hundreds of jobs for the community and they offer benifits to their employees, But who want to work for 7-9 dollars and hr and have to have 200 dollars every pay check taken out for health insurance for their family.  then they still have a large deductible so they have to pay anyway. 

So now all these small shops are laying vacant and the downtown turns to a slum.  These apartments above the downtown is the cheapest for the people that work at Wal Mart bc they only make 7 dollars an hr.  They only place the employees of wal-mart can afford to shop is wal-mart bc they get a discount so they are stuck buying all this shit made in China and Taiwan.  The Produce there is the worst available filled with preservatives, dies, chemical sanitizers and antifungal shit.  It sick in the back for as long as possible before it is sold because they buy is such bulk to get the best price. 

Did you ever wonder why the milk,eggs,and cream are always in the very back of the store.  Those are some of the most popular items purchased and they make you walk past all this shit that you didn't plant to buy before you get to the 2 items you need? 


I beg of you to save our towns and small shops and Our peoples Dignity
I beg of you to save the American Dream
and Stop by all Means possible Boycott Wal-Mart and the Like Corporate Monopoles.

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chef Jay said:

I beg of you to save the American Dream

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If you want to save the American dream, you should join the fight to end the Federal Estate tax. 

www.nodeathtax.org



-Double taxation
-The super rich avoid it completely (Kennedys paid .07%)
-It kills family businesses & farms who have enough value to surpass the exemption, but typically its all held in land & productive equipment -- so that paying the tax severely damages the business/farms ability to operate & compete.
-Did I mention the obscene rate?  ITs currently 35%, and the Obama administration wants it to go back to at least 45%. 


to the Estate Tax.  to Wal-Mart

Zippy said:

goddamn hippy 

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OrganizedChaos said:

Walmart sucks. I've only had to go in to one a few times in my life and I always feel so cheap and nasty. Not only that, I will join the choir and support business I feel are worth my hard earned money.

P.S.- Pass me the bong 

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How the fuck could you feel cheap and nasty in there? Do explain cause it makes no sense.

Maybe it's cause of where I live in Montreal it's not some small hick town so wal mart doesn't affect people negatively here , why pay some local shop owner more money for a product you can get for cheaper at Wal mart?

That's like when I got my paintball guns, why pay the paintball shops expensive prices with my money when I can order the same gun + extras for the same price as the local store? I don't give 2 shits about the owner of the store, I'm not getting ripped off


OP have fun accomplishing nothing which is probably what's gonna happen.

MJF said:

that's capitalism for ya buddy.

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tiny_rabid_birds said:

i can't believe several people are actually defending wal-mart.  the bad press is not simply hype, it's totally warranted.  they've got super shady business practices which is why they're able to charge less.  and the negative effects on shop diversity in towns is very real and observable.

why would someone feel cheap and nasty upon entering a wal-mart?  oh, i don't know.  perhaps it could be because they're surrounded by inferior products.  or perhaps it's the employees within, about whom i just can't help but wonder "where in your life did you fuck up so bad, that you ended up working in wal-mart?".  or it could even be the demographic attracted by the shoddy products and low, low prices.  the bottom rung of society flocks to wal-mart in gaggles, and it's quite depressing to witness first hand.

yes, i can definitely sympathize with the feeling of nastiness upon entering. 

seriously, fuck wal-mart.

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tiny_rabid_birds said:

i can't believe several people are actually defending wal-mart.  the bad press is not simply hype, it's totally warranted.  they've got super shady business practices which is why they're able to charge less.  and the negative effects on shop diversity in towns is very real and observable.

why would someone feel cheap and nasty upon entering a wal-mart?  oh, i don't know.  perhaps it could be because they're surrounded by inferior products.  or perhaps it's the employees within, about whom i just can't help but wonder "where in your life did you fuck up so bad, that you ended up working in wal-mart?".  or it could even be the demographic attracted by the shoddy products and low, low prices.  the bottom rung of society flocks to wal-mart in gaggles, and it's quite depressing to witness first hand.

yes, i can definitely sympathize with the feeling of nastiness upon entering. 

seriously, fuck wal-mart.

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