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Like I said, the only people not bitching about how badly they treat their employees are the actual employees themselves, who are just happy to be off unemployment.

I love how all the critics hate that Walmart isn’t a union shop - when the jobs they are replacing here are all manufacturing jobs that were lost why? Because their unions priced themselves out of the market and all the companies moved their jobs overseas. A lower paying job here is worth a lot more than one that has to be moved to China.

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As for Walmart, I’ll agree with Scott that competition is good. But the only companies that can compete with Walmart are OTHER giant chain corporations, leaving smaller and unique businesses out in the cold.

Call me old fashioned, but I think America in general had a lot more character when every one of our cities and towns wasn’t a carbon copy of every other city and town. America is not beige or bland, by any stretch of the imagination, our business landscape should reflect our rugged individuality.

Griping about Walmart doesn’t do nearly as much good as supporting locally owned and operated businesses in your area. I totally respect the need for things to be as cheap as possible, but you don’t have to depend on Walmart to get good deals. Most areas have a local farmer’s market with great deals on produce you know is fresh and grown by the people selling it to you. The money you save on your fresh items would more than make up for the extra cost of using a different grocer than Walmart.

Walmart does provide a lot of jobs in towns here in Indiana that have been abandoned by manufacturing companies in record numbers. It’s the biggest employer in our state right now, which is kinda sad. “Welcome to Indiana, most of us work at Walmart; please leave your aspirations at the border.”

I forgive you if you skimmed, that was really long.

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Competition is what made this country what it is, and it may surprise you to hear this - but a lot of us don’t really give two shits how much tax revenue our neighborhood Walmart contributes. If it was just a small difference, then they wouldn’t be nearly as successful as they are.

I fought against Walmart for a lot of years before finally admitting I’d never been to one and trying it out. I cut my grocery bill literally in half. This actually helps the economy more than those higher-paying grocery chains. How? Because people now get to spend that extra half on non-necessities they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford.

So yeah, Walmart runs other grocery stores out of business, but it allows people to spread their money out among more sectors, and raises the quality of life of the lowest income brackets in an area - which government is NEVER able to accomplish.

It really must be nice to live in an ivory tower, judging people for trying to keep as much of their own money as possible. High moral ideals won’t put food in your child’s stomach - and though I hope you never have to make that kind of decision - you’ll be shocked how fast you forget about why their prices are low.

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If we judged everything by popular demand as opposed to quality, we’d still be putting leeches on our foreheads and burning witches when we got sick.

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