I would suggest changing the word force, to give them little
option. No one can force me to do anything. I do it of my own free
will. Now do they have an effect on the local economy and the local
merchants, I think that is a valid and provable fact. (there have
been studies that have shown it.)
In many cases they leave some local merchants who make it only
because they have a captive audience little choice but to shut their
doors, or loose their shirts. In other cases, they take out the last
brick that was holding up a shoddily run enterprise. It is not universal.
In the example I showed earlier of my local situation, they helped
take out the last brick of a Grocery Company (Winn-Dixie) that had a
lot of problems. The grocery business is a low mark-up high volume industry.
(By the way Walmart is not the only offender here, Super Targets and
Super K-Marts are found in a number of locations and have the same
effect, however Walmart has the lions share of those super stores.)
Stewart
At 05:11 PM 11/27/2008, you wrote:
Ahh, so dismissive of Palin's people. If you don't know what it's
like to live in a community where a Wal-Mart forces the closing of
many of the local businesses, then stick with something you might
know something about.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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