From your "City Journal" article:
. . .
"thanks to Wal-Mart's much lower prices than in the days when small-town
merchants took their 45 percent profit margins. "

That's not "competent journalism", that's cheerleading.

Mike Jensvold, East Isles
It's also very inaccurate "journalism".
I grew up in a family that operated 2 small-town businesses, and I can assure you that the profit margins were nowhere near 45%! (Had they been, I might have inherited enough to live on an estate in North Oaks, like Vicky! :)


Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson


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