tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post801791336287372733..comments2024-03-19T14:27:56.952-04:00Comments on mcbrooklyn: Walmart : We Don't Need No Stinkin' Hearing in New York Citymcbrooklynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00327814383697990623noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post-87128420469399299142010-12-05T23:06:46.043-05:002010-12-05T23:06:46.043-05:00Walmart is a giant funnel -- it funnels our money ...Walmart is a giant funnel -- it funnels our money and jobs to China. Low-paid workers make low cost stuff for unthinking Americans who put their neighbors out of business by buying from Walmart. No small local business person can compete against millions of desperate Chinese factory slaves working in lockstep. The Chinese goods Walmart sells are even more unfairly priced because of China's currency manipulation, which America can't do a thing about, apparently. Would I take a financial risk and start a small business knowing that a Walmart might be coming to town? NO WAY -- I'd be bankrupt in 5 minutes. Walmart's a steamroller, and it kills local initiative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post-50076219929738070232010-12-05T13:40:18.567-05:002010-12-05T13:40:18.567-05:00It's stupid to be uniformly against any and al...It's stupid to be uniformly against any and all Wal Mart stores. Wal Mart or any big box store is fantastic for low income neighborhoods because a) it brings hundreds of jobs, b) the "mom and pop" stores as quaint as that sounds only employ family not anybody else, have huge mark-ups and sell crap in the lower income neighborhoods. Why should poor people be left with whatever dregs those stores have managed to find cheap wholesale and sell at 100 times the cost? And no, I don't work for Wal Mart. I'm just capable of being a realist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com