[Willie Green]

WalMart is an oversized leech that sucks the lifeblood out of every small town in America.
First, they drive the much smaller Main Street merchants out of business.
Then they turn around and import Chinese goods, shutting down the factories that provided good-paying jobs in the smaller communities.
It makes me begin to wonder whether we should even worry about having a strong military in the future.
I just don't see where it makes much sense to try to defend the United WalMarts of America.

[af_vet_rr]

WalMart is an oversized leech that sucks the lifeblood out of every small town in America.

First, they drive the much smaller Main Street merchants out of business.

Then they turn around and import Chinese goods, shutting down the factories that provided good-paying jobs in the smaller communities.

I've gotten weird looks/comments from people in the past when I tell them I try not to shop at WalMart and will go out of my way and pay a bit more to hit up mom-and-pop stores and/or try to buy American-made. They have this "but you can get everything at WalMart and for cheap prices!!!" attitude.

I know not everybody can afford to pay a little more to buy from a locally-run store or to buy American, and I maybe tilting at windmills when I do so, but that's just me.