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Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
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| 11/8/2004
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Posted on 11/09/2004 1:11:34 PM PST by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
A quick visit to K-Mart will answer the question with a resounding YES!
To: Willie Green
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:14:19 PM PST
by
dakine
To: Willie Green
I was watching the South Park last week that thouced the same issue. The people of South Park tried to kill Wall-Mart because the store killed mom and pop stores. They succeeded, only to see one of the mom and pop store grew bigger and bigger so that they had to kill it too. And started to buy stuffs from the other mom and pop store... until...
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:14:45 PM PST
by
paudio
(Four More Years..... Thank you!!!)
To: bushisdamanin04
IOW, America is good for Wal-Mart!
To: All
Is Wal-Mart good for America?
Best to quote John Kerry here..."well, er, yes and no."
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:15:11 PM PST
by
weenie
(This is a war between the forces of good and evil. Humans are only pawns.)
To: Willie Green
This quote ought to make everyone's hair stand up:
"Wal-Mart and China are a joint venture."
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:15:54 PM PST
by
Dems_R_Losers
(Proud Reagan Alumna!)
To: bushisdamanin04
I recently visited a WalMart and the place was a disaster. I've only gone to Walmart three times in my life and all three times the visit was horrible. Personally, I'll take may chances with small stores.
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:16:21 PM PST
by
Portnoy
(Fahrenheit 451...Today's Temperature is hotter than you think...)
To: Willie Green
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:16:38 PM PST
by
TXBSAFH
(Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
To: Willie Green
I just got off the phone with one of my sock's reps last week and he told me that because of Walmart(we call them the Big W in the industry) 17 hosiery manufacturers have gone out of business in America in the last year.
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:16:53 PM PST
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: Willie Green
BEIJING: The world's biggest retailer, WalMart Stores Inc, said it plans at least 10 new stores in China next year, joining other foreign retail giants in taking advantage of new rules letting them move into smaller cities. China's US$240bil retail market, dominated by local firms such as Beijing Wangfujing Group and Wumart Stores, is turning into a major battlefield as foreign companies ratchet up their investments.
WalMart will have 43 Chinese outlets by the end of the year, only a small fraction of its more than 5,000 outlets worldwide, and it runs a distant second to France's Carrefour SA in terms of foreign retailers that country. Reuters
So where will the stuff for the China stores be made?
p.s. Wumart! LOL!
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:17:15 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
To: Willie Green
Ask any RVer. They'll say WM is the greatest thing since sliced bread! ;>)
To: Portnoy
I agree. If I go to Walmart it is only on Black Friday or at 7am when they first open. Otherwise it is a ZOO.
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:19:32 PM PST
by
Independentamerican
(Independent Junior at the University of MD)
To: Portnoy
I agree...I think Walmart stores are generally, dirty and full of inferior quality stuff. I much prefer Target. that being said....I think the anti-Walmart jihad is stupid. People like the place and they shop there. Capitalsim relies on creative destruction, Walmart is a good competitor.
To: Willie Green
Adam Smith answered this question two and a quarter centuries ago.
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:19:53 PM PST
by
The Great Yazoo
(Why do penumbras not emanate from the Tenth Amendment as promiscuously as they do from the First?)
To: Portnoy
The Wal-Marts I have been in have been large and clean with decent employees and excellent prices. My experiences at Wal-Mart have been 100 times better than my experiences at K-Mart, which I liken to a 3rd world country.
Of course, I compare it to the Hungry Fisherman scenario. HF was my favorite restaurant for several years in Nashville and Knoxville. It was great. Then the HF in Nashville got new management and the experience was horrible. Dirty, food all over the floor (their big draw was a buffet), and food beginning to spoil. Never went back.
Maybe the Wal-Marts you went to had poor management.
To: Willie Green
Short term, no. Long term, yes.
If I had my druthers, I'druther not have 'em at all.
:O)
P
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:21:08 PM PST
by
papasmurf
(Kerry..." What are you gonna' believe, me, or your own 2 eyes?"..(Groucho Marx))
To: Willie Green
Don't know. I haven't been to Walmart in over four years. I try not to buy Chinese if I can help it, although that's just about impossible now.
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:21:10 PM PST
by
dljordan
To: Willie Green
I'm no economic scholar by any means...but I have lived in the Far East and am currently living in Europe...for the second time...the one thing I've noticed about citizens of other countries...is that they tend to be more nationalistic than we Americans are....in Japan...the Japanese bought more Japanese products...even if they cost more...same thing in Germany....here in Italy....we do shop a lot on the economy and I mentioned to my wife the other day to remind me the next time we go to their version of Wal-Mart or K-Mart to check and see where their goods are coming from.....when it comes to goods like furniture...you don't see the Europeans buying the cheap stuff that a lot of Americans buy at Wal-Mart etc and that have to be replaced every few years....they invest thousands of dollars into goods that are produced in country and will last them 20 or 30 years......
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posted on
11/09/2004 1:21:32 PM PST
by
Getsmart64
(LANTIRN - Designed to kill, maim, and destroy ....America's enemies...)
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