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Originally Posted by frazod
As long as the consumer isn't mom or pop, or mom and pop's landlord, or an employee of mom and pop, or the guy who owns a restaurant next to mom and pop who loses walk-up business because mom and pop go out of business, and so on, and so on.
But they can all find minimum wage/no benefit jobs at Walmart, right? 
And when Walmart succeeds in running EVERYBODY else out of business, do you really think the prices will continue to stay low? |
Our town got a WMSC 2 years ago. Our town square is BUSIER THAN IT'S EVERY BEEN!
Why?
Because the local HW store, the shoe store, and the like got replaced with a health food market, an exercise gym, a Chinese restaurant, a coffee shop...you get the drift.
Wal-Mart doesn't KILL small town business. It forces them to SPECIALIZE. Why the hell would I want to pay $12 for a hammer just so I can say I bought it from my local Joe HW guy?