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To: tejek who wrote (726554)	7/14/2013 6:17:12 PM
From: Bonefish	Respond to of 1583412

Blacks love shopping at Wal Mart. They know a good deal when they see it. Pacific NW Costco avoids Black neighborhoods.

To: tejek who wrote (726554)	7/14/2013 6:17:23 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583412

>> There are many alternatives to Walmart and more and more people are taking advantage of those alternatives. There is a reason Walmart is, by a very wide margin, the most successful retailer in the world. No one will unseat them from that position in your lifetime or mine, that's for sure.

To: tejek who wrote (726554)	7/14/2013 7:57:52 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	2 Recommendations Recommended By i-node Tenchusatsu Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583412

There are many alternatives to Walmart and more and more people are taking advantage of those alternatives. I live close to the edge, so really appreciate Walmart's pricing. I'm guessing the product mix I buy there probably saves me near 30% over alternatives. That not only allows me to consume more of Walmart's stuff, but leaves extra nickels to piss off for the occasional night out, a day trip I might otherwise miss, other minor delights. The miniscule increase in economic activity I cause in retail employment, trucking, warehousing, packaging, restaurants, et al, hardly counts. But in the USA alone something like forty two to forty four million shoppers save there every month. Destroy or diminish that option and the consequences, especially for the unskilled to whom Walmart offers opportunity, shrivel and disappear with the decrease in economic activity. Walmart is probably the largest single contributor to the eradication or amelioration of poverty we have. There are people whose craniums aren't bursting with boiling purulence who lack the tools to understand that. I blame our failed institutions (though with you it might be just blind stupidity).