[Maverick68]

don’t worry, these Wal-Marts will soon close because of enormous losses...

[LostInBayport]

No, they won’t close...WalMart will just raise prices elsewhere in the country to offset some of the losses at those stores in “disadvantaged areas” from shoplifting, vandalism, lack of paying customers, etc. In other words, the rest of us will pay for it.

Once again, an Obama starts a program to “spread the wealth” around.

[sipwine]

More importantly...this will have no impact on health, or obesity trends.

[Oatka]

don’t worry, these Wal-Marts will soon close because of enormous losses...

My first thought as well. I hope they are just giving lip service as they will bleed REAL early.

I was in Macon, GA in the 90s when a K-Mart folded because the clerks were ringing up only half the stuff for the "bruthas".

[50sDad]

A coworker was once head of produce for a local Kroger in a "rough" part of town. He said the entire three years he worked there, a third of the product walked out the door. They closed the store, finally...and oh, what a row from The Usual Suspects on how Kroger was DISCRIMINATING against their customers.

It is always about culture, and not about race. I don't even need to know, nor do I care, what race or races or creeds or whatever was at the root of that store's failure. But if you are raised in a sub culture that says "stick it to those guys" and turns your head when somebody steals...your culture is broken. If you pastors (like the President's pastor) spend more time whailing about The Great Satan than about thou shalt not steal, your culture is broken. If young men whose only talent is rhyming the word "Ho" get your entertainment money, your culture is broken. And if the hardworking, upstanding, well educated men and women in your culture are looked down upon for not being BLANK enough, your culture is broken.

When the first lady sets down her Coneys and french fries, her BBQ and fried foods, her premium ice cream and all the fine grub we see her enjoying on her dozens of vacations, and when her husband stops smoking...when we see the Imperial Couple exhibit ANY kind of their OWN self control, then I might consider whatever wisdom she hands down. Not before.

Eat your own damn peas, Mr. President. I didn't order them, and I'm not going to pay for the extra free desserts you want to give to your friends, either.

[Hot Tabasco]

don’t worry, these Wal-Marts will soon close because of enormous losses...

In case anyone's interested, there is not ONE shopping mall in the city of Detrot......They're all in the surrounding suburbs so I don't expect a WalMart to be built there any time soon..........