This may, quite literally, be the only statement you've ever made that I completely agree with.
I haven't spent a dollar inside a Walmart in decades. They flipped the entire ideology of fair market economics over and simply took with they wanted. If you had a product that was American made and sold well, they offered to sell it in their stores. Then, once your business was committed to selling with them (and your sales depended upon their stores), they decided what they were going to buy it from you for. Look at the history of the Snapper lawnmower company sometime. Walmart was singularly responsible for the downfall of quality in their product line... because once they depended on the sales from Wally-World, Wally world told them at what price they were going to buy their products for. This forced the workmanship and quality to go down in response.
I'm glad that we agree on something!
I think its merely propaganda, rather than proof, that divides us. Like for example, without actually answering these questions on the board. Who controlled Arkansas for most of the 80s and early 90s? How much in stock did he own of Walmart? Who was the first woman on the board of Walmart? Who profited greatly off the stocks boom in the mid 90s? Who became president? How did that benefit Walmarts growth? What else was going in in Mena Arkansas during that time?
Do you understand why I am so outspoken and don't trust the almost same establishment today, with many of the same people in power?
These are just rhetorical questions. Don't answer on this board.
It's far deeper than just a store who was able to crush their suppliers to their will.
But, I hope you will take into consideration my approach to understanding the bigger issue we are dealing with and why Walmart was able to do what it did.
